birkebeiner

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål birkebeiner.

Noun

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birkebeiner m anim

  1. (history, plural only) a participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway, and, in the following decades, an adherent to the successor political party
    • 2005, Helena Kadečková in, Dějiny Norska, NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 48:
      Roku 1174 se do čela birkebeinerů postavil Øystein, řečený Møyla [...]
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    • 2015, Jindřich Dejmek, Norsko, Libri,, →ISBN, page 21:
      Hned v sedmdesátých letech dvanáctého století zachvátilo velkou část země hnutí tzv. birkebeinerů [...]
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  2. (informal, nonce word) Birkebeinerrennet, the popular cross-country ski race in Norway

Usage notes

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In sense 2, the usual—and formal—variant is Birkebeiner.

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • (a participant in the rebellion): březonožci (plural form)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse birkibeinn, compare to Norwegian Nynorsk birkebein.

Noun

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birkebeiner m (definite singular birkebeineren, indefinite plural birkebeinere, definite plural birkebeinerne)

  1. (historical) A participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway, and, in the following decades, an adherent to the successor political party.

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