ormeyngel
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
orm + -e- + yngel, first part from Old Norse ormr (“snake, worm”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to burn”). Last part from the verb yngle (“create, procreate, grow”), from the adjective ung (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (Hoffmann's suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔɾməʏŋəl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -əl
- Hyphenation: or‧me‧yng‧el
Noun
ormeyngel m (definite singular ormeyngelen, indefinite plural ormeyngel, definite plural ormeynglene)
- a fry of (venomous) worms
- (colloquial, offensive) contemptible, abominable offspring
- 1930, Anton Fridrichsen, Samtiden:
- Johannes «Døperen», den store botspredikant … kalte fariseerne og de skriftlærde for «ormeyngel»
- John "the Baptist", the great preacher of penance, called the Pharisees and scribes "worm fry"
- 1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 116:
- ormeyngel, brølte han: avgrunnens og dypets barn!
- worm fry, he roared: children of the abyss and the depths!
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References
- Det Norske Akademis Ordbok