laurdag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• laugurdag, logudag, løgudag, lougedag, lugudag, lugdag, luggedag, laudag, lorda(g) (lôr-), lurdag (luła), lørdag (løła), ludag, lødag (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse laugardagr.

Noun

laurdag m (definite singular laurdagen, indefinite plural laurdagar, definite plural laurdagane)

1. Saturday
   • 1949, Sivert Aarflot, Runetrolldom og ringstav [printed manuscript from ca. 1800]:

     ᛁ.ᛉᚮᚱᛁᛆᛆ.⤉.ᚦ⤉.ᛚᚮᚢᚱᚦᛆᛁᚳ.ᚦᛆᛆ.ᚼᚮΛᚱᛆᛋᛏ.ᚴᛚᚮᚴᛆᛆ.ᚠΛᚱ+.ᚼᛁᛉ+ᚱᛁᚴᛁᛆ.ᛋᛚᛆᛆ

     I moriaa æ dæ lourdain da hoyrast klokaa fyre himerikia slaa

     Tomorrow is the Saturday, when the bell is heard ringing for the Kingdom of Heaven

References

• “laurdag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

See also

• (days of the week) vekedagar; sundag/søndag, måndag, tysdag, onsdag/mekedag, torsdag, fredag, laurdag ^{(Category: nn:Days of the week)}