skjegle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʃɛɡ.lə/
Alternative forms
Verb
skjegle (present tense skjeglar, past tense skjegla, past participle skjegla, passive infinitive skjeglast, present participle skjeglande, imperative skjegle/skjegl)
- (intransitive) to suffer strabismus
- (intransitive) to squint; to look or glance to the side (without moving one's head)
Noun
skjegle f (definite singular skjegla, indefinite plural skjegler, definite plural skjeglene)
- (dialectal, colloquial) a person with strabismus; a strabismic
- Synonym: skjegl
Alternative forms
Verb
skjegle (present tense skjeglar, past tense skjegla, past participle skjegla, passive infinitive skjeglast, present participle skjeglande, imperative skjegle/skjegl)
- (intransitive) to not walk in a straight line
- (intransitive) to nitpick, split hairs
- synonym of skingle
Noun
skjegle f (definite singular skjegla, indefinite plural skjegler, definite plural skjeglene)
- (of a person or livestock) a creature which is not willing to walk in a straight line
- (dialectal, Dalane) a pedant, a hairsplitter
- a clumsy woman
- (dialectal, Grenland) an unattractive woman
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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