alskens

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse alls kyns, from allr (“all”) and kyn (“type, gender”). Cognate with Swedish allsköns, Faroese alskyns.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /alskəns/, [ˈalˀsɡ̊n̩s]

Adjective[edit]

alskens

  1. all sorts of; many different kinds of
    • 1822, Carl Christian Rafn, Nordiske Kaempe-Historier: efter Islandske Haandskriften. Volsunga-Saga : eller Historien om Sigurd Fafnersbane, page 120:
      Saft af alskens Træer / Og af brændte Agern ...
      Juice from many different kinds of trees / And from burned acorns ...
    • 2013, Roberto Bolano, Nocturne fra Chile, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      ... hvor der i skyggen af nogle avocadotræer voksede alskens frugt og grønsager, ...
      ... where, in the shadow of some avocado trees, all kinds of fruits and vegetables grew, ...
    • 1829, Rordifte Fortios Gagaer, page 191:
      ... Sværde og Brynier og alskens Kongerustninger, Kong Sigmunds Skibe, som seilede langs med Landet, ...
      ... swords and suits of mail and all sorts of king-suits-of-armour, the ships of king Sigmund sailing along the coast, ...
    • 1827, Kong Olaf Tryggvesøns Saga ; Anden Deel, indtil Slutningen af Svølder Slaget: 2, page 81:
      Ansigtet, mørk i Sind, underfundig og snedig til alskens Bedragerier, ...
      The face, dark in mind, cunning and sly in the way of all sorts of treachery, ...
    • 2010, Søren Ryge Petersen, Julius' fødselsdag, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 36:
      Der var alskens fjerkræ i alskens småhytter ...
      There were all kinds of fowl in all kinds of little cottages ...

Synonyms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Danish alskens, from Old Norse alls kyns (“all sorts”, genitive).

Adjective[edit]

alskens (singular and plural alskens)

  1. all sorts of; many different kinds of
    Synonym: ymse

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