årsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • orsk
  • osjk
  • åsjk

Etymology

The ending -e has disappeared due to apocope. The sound r in Trøndelag dialect is changing into sj before s, k, t or p. Due to this change, the sound combination rk can be understood and writed as sjk or rsk. [1]

Verb

årsk (present tense årske, past tense årska, past participle årske or årska)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) Eye dialect spelling of orke.

References
  1. A. Dalen; J. R. Hagland; S. Hårstad; H. Rydving; O. Stemshaug (2008) Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region
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