til meins

Norwegian Nynorsk

Prepositional phrase

til meins

  1. (predicatively) harmful, counterproductive, worse
    han er meir til meins enn til gangs
    it is more harmful than useful
  2. in a manner to make it worse; counterproductively

Usage notes

Same use as til mein, except that til meins is much less common in folk songs and magic spells, despite it having a more archaic trace (the fossilized case ending).

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