skjemd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛmd/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skemd, skemmd, from Proto-Germanic *skamiþō.

Noun

skjemd f (definite singular skjemda, uncountable)

shame, infamy
Synonyms: skam, vanheider

Etymology 2

Past participle of skjemme.

Participle

skjemd (neuter singular skjemt, definite singular and plural skjemde)

shameful, shamed, ashamed
ruined

Verb

skjemd

(non-standard since 2012) supine of skjemme

References

“skjemd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Ivar Aasen (1850), “Skjemd”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

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