nabn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
Noun
nabn n (plural nabn or nobn)
- (dialectal) alternative form of namn (“name”)
- 2002 January 17, “Mange slags brødre”, in Solabladet, page 8:
- Eg […] sae ifrå om atte personen med mitt nabn […] nok ikkje va meg.
- I […] told [them] that the person with my name […] likely wasn't me.
- 1929 June 24, “Frå Klepp”, in Stavanger aftenblad, page 7:
- Di he alt funne nogå rare blomma ifrå oldtia å vikingtiå, men nobnå æ så gammaldags, at de forstår di visst ikkje […]
- They've already found some weird flowers from antiquity and the Viking age, but their names are so oldy, that they don't understand them […]
- 1853, Aasen, Ivar, “12. Gjentaa i Lyklahaugen.”, in Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Trykt hos Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 25:
- Mann' henna han eitte Brenthodn, men dei andre nobni kann eg ikkje hugsa.
- Her husband was called Brenthodn, but I don't remember the other names.
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References
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “Namn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000