/ˈflæɪn/
OpprinnelseFrom Swedish fläin (“swollen ice”), possibly related to Swedish flen (“wound, skin growth”).
- dialectal, masculinea layer of hard ice crust on the ground
“fleinen lå over landet i uendelige miles omkrets og tynet renen” — the ice crust lay over the land for endless miles and bothered the reindeer
- dialectal, neutera knot, scab or wound, especially on a cow, horse or sheep
“[se til] om ikke et trangt hjerte kan skaffe langrompesauen din baade klaae og flein” — [see] if a narrow heart can not get your long-tailed sheep both to scratch and scab
- masculinean arrow with a barb
“da fløi en pil af den slags som kaldes flein, og kom i kong Haakons arm” — then an arrow of the kind called barbed arrow flew, and came into King Haakon's arm
“[Jarl] skjøt med flein og frankiske spyd” — [Jarl] shot with barbed arrows and Frankish spears
- dialectalbare or uncovered
Bøyningerfleinen(definite, singular) · fleiner(indefinite, plural) · fleinene(definite, plural) · fleint(neuter, singular) · fleine(definite, plural, singular) · fleinere(comparative) · fleinest(indefinite, superlative) · fleineste(definite, superlative) · fleinet(definite, singular) · flein(indefinite, plural) · fleina(definite, plural)
Kilde: Wiktionary