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- proper noun A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of
Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced byNorwegian . - noun A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
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Examples
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Kven skulle trudd du var slik, men støtt var mannen seg lik ifrå Kong Salomo til siste konfirmant.
thinking with my fingers Torill 2002
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Kven bar dan Byrda so sveitt og stynjand i so leid ein Livnad, naar inkj'an ottast eitkvart etter Dauden, da uforfarne Land, som ingjen Ferdmann er komen atter fraa, da viller Viljen, da læt oss helder ha dan Naud, mid hava, en fly til onnor Naud, som er oss ukjend.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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Kven if a community votes for license, the local author - ities have now absolute power to determine how many licenses, if any, shall be granted, and to what persons and what places and for what purpose.
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Kven the onicers. respn ting w lipin wliik I uas | ii Spain 1 heard the most vexereii marks, in the course of this war l | a\e (oii. siitnth '' '■ "- • ■ - ■ - ■
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Kven in the town itlclf, the company of cadets thut ufed to attend him difbnncled tlienilelves and return - ed the flandaid, he lud as ufual prelenlod ihem with r) n his ac. ceilion totlie government.
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Kven in ihe (civile feaate, e»n lo own Her fpiriL flircing voice 1 Saranni there.
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