gople

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gøple (jellyfish and flower)
  • goppel (fireweed)

Etymology

Uncertain. According to different sources, may be related to gopel (“a dirt mass”), Old Norse gaupn (“gowpen”) or Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”) (compare Finnish kupla (“bubble”)).

(fireweed): May be from Southern Sami boeltʼaajjan-gåbloe (“fireweed”), literally “bear lung”. The form bjønngoppel (from bjønn) is also attested (in northern dialects). On the other hand, Gouple meaning fireweed is attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646 in Askvoll, far away from Sami language area.

Noun

gople f (definite singular gopla, indefinite plural gopler, definite plural goplene)

  1. (dialectal) jellyfish
    Synonym: manet
  2. (dialectal) any non-dangerous part of a jellyfish
  3. (dialectal, Mosjøen and Mo-i-Rana, botany) fireweed
    Synonyms: bjønntortna, eldmerke, geitrams, geitskor, lublinn, mjølke, røbu, sautortna
  4. (dialectal, botany) giant bellflower (Campanula latifolia)
    Synonym: storklokke
  5. (dialectal, Western Norway) eggs of a frog
    Synonyms: froskeegg, loppespy
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