fenäs
See also: fenas and fenes
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Middle voice of Old Norse féna (“grow.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fèːnˠe̞s][1]
Verb
fenäs
- (middle, intransitive) Begin to germinate.[1][2]
References
- Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “*fenas sv. v. 1”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 40
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “FENÄS”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 135