rangsøles

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rang +‎ -søles. The last part is from sol with adverb suffix -s (like in andføttes, compare also Swedish -s). First attested in 1646 by Christen Jensøn, later also attested by Søren Fermann in his Tinn dialect glossary from ca. 1760.

Adverb

rangsøles

  1. in opposite direction from the sun; eastward
  2. from right to left
  3. in opposite order

Synonyms

References

  • “rangsøles”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • Oddvar Nes (1994). Ei ordsamling frå Tinn, published in Helsing til Lars Vassenden.
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 63
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