Definitions

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  • noun in 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Norwegian : riks, genitive of rik, realm (from Old Norse rīki; see reg- in Indo-European roots) + mål, speech (from Old Norse māl).]

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