skjenning.
a thin, crisp, sweetened Norwegian flatbread from the Innherred region of Trøndelag, brushed with milk and sugar on one side during baking and traditionally served with sodd
Meaning & usage
a thin, crisp, sweetened Norwegian flatbread from the Innherred region of Trøndelag, brushed with milk and sugar on one side during baking and traditionally served with sodd
servere sodd og skjenning
Where this word comes from
From dialectal Norwegian skina (“to make shiny; coat with liquid”), from Old Norse skína (“to shine”) (whence Bokmål skinne (“to shine”)), with -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”). The base verb is cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk skina, Swedish skina, Danish skinne, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen and English English shine.
scolding, reprimanding; the act of telling someone off
Where this word comes from
From skjenne (“to scold, reprimand”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”).
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