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jevning

Pronunciation: /ˈjɛʋ.nɪŋ/

“jevning” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. leveling, evening; the act of making something level, even, or smooth
  2. a thickening mixture, especially of flour and liquid, butter, or similar, used to thicken a sauce, soup, or similar
  3. repeated, involuntary twitching movements of the mouth
  4. a person of the same social rank, standing, or social layer; an equal, a peer
  5. people of the same social rank, standing, or social layer
  6. someone or something as good as another; an equal match
  7. a person of the same age; an age peer
  8. people of the same age; contemporaries
  9. a vassal to a feudal lord
  10. a paladin; an equal-ranking knight, especially one of the twelve peers of Charlemagne

Etymology

From jevne (“to level, smooth; to thicken”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk jamning and jevning, Swedish jämning and Danish jævning (“leveling; thickening mixture”).

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