matgjerd.
cooking; the preparation of food
Meaning & usage
cooking; the preparation of food
ingredients or other materials intended for use as food; food supplies
a traditional soup or stew from Valdres and Hallingdal, typically made with salted meat, peas or barley, potatoes, and vegetables
Where this word comes from
From mat (“food”) + gjerd (“act, deed; making, preparation”), literally “food-making” or “food preparation”. The first element is from Old Norse matr (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“food”). The second element is from Old Norse gerð (“act, deed; preparation”), from Proto-Germanic *garwidō (“preparation”), related to *garwijaną (“to prepare”). The regional form majel is a dialectal reduction of the compound.
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