trunå

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See also: truna and trunaa

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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trunå f

  1. (dialect) definite singular of tru
    • 1984, Gottfred Borghammer, Adle kan snofla, Stavanger: Lars H. Lendes Minnefond, page 37:
      Trunå e voldikt viktige, hu kan te og me' flytta fjeddel, hette de'.
      Faith is mightily important; it can even move mountains, they say.
    • c. 1700, Sigurd Kolsrud, quoting Jacob Rasch, “Eldste nynorske bibeltekst: Jacob Rasch c. 1700”, in Syn og Segn, volume 56, published 1950, page 110:
      den ret-færigie ska værte salig a trunaa
      The just shall live by the faith.