ane.
guess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility)
Meaning & usage
guess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility)
ane fred og ingen fare
ane uråd
suspect, assume (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
to be a glimpse (something barely noticeable), to spot
to know
intet ondt anende
Where this word comes from
From Low German anen. Cognate with German ahnen, Dutch anen, Saterland Frisian oanje, German Low German ahnen and Luxembourgish ahnen.
an ancestor; ancestry (deceased relative a good distance back in time)
Ha fine aner.
a concestor (the last common ancestor, especially of several different species)
a predecessor (person who is the origin of something)
origins, history
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German ane, an, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“male ancestor; forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognate with German Ahn, Latin anus, Yiddish אָן (on), Danish ane and possibly Icelandic ái.
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