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Etymology

Influenced by Old Danish slenghe and Danish slænge, from Old Norse slængja, slyngja, causative of slængva, sløngva, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slangwijaną. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk slengja, which retains the diphthong from Old Norse; also Icelandic slengja, Old Swedish slængia → Swedish slänga, Old Danish slængiæ → slenghe → Danish slænge. Perhaps with influence from Middle Low German…

More Norwegian Bokmål words

• slektning
• slektskap
• slem
• sleng
• slepe
• slepebåt
• slett
• slette

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