abengslig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

First part from various Norwegian dialectal words; avbendes, avbendeleg, avbendelege (“hard to reach, backwards, detachable, unwieldy, overweight”). Last part -lig (“-le, -ly”) from Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈbɛŋʃlɪ/, /aˈbɛŋslɪ/
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Rhymes: -ɛŋʃlɪ, -ɛŋslɪ
Hyphenation: a‧beng‧slig

Adjective

abengslig (neuter singular abengslig, definite singular and plural abengslige, comparative mer abengslig, superlative mest abengslig)

(dialectal) unreasonable, wrong
- 1848, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Huldreeventyr og Folkesagn, 2. samling, page 245:
  abrængslig, abængslig og arængslig, urimelig, forkeert, overordentlig forkeert eller vrangt
  awry, abhorrent and abusive, unreasonable, wrong, exceedingly wrong or wrong
Synonyms: abrengslig, avbragdslig, urimelig, forkjært

References

“abengslig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).