Definition of Landsmal

1. Noun. One of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects.

Exact synonyms: Landsmaal, New Norwegian, Nynorsk
Generic synonyms: Norwegian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landsmal

Landolfi's sign
Landolt
Landolt's bodies
Landon
Landouzy
Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy
Landowska
Landry
Landry's paralysis
Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome
Landry syndrome
Landsat
Landsats
Landschutz tumour
Landsmal
Landsteiner
Landsteiner-Donath test
Landstrom
Landstrom's muscle
Landtag
Landtags
Landwehr
Landwehrs
Landzert
Landzert's fossa
Lane
Lane's Prince Albert
Lane's disease

Literary usage of Landsmal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the so-called "landsmal," In 1853 he exhibited a specimen of it, and, thanks to such excellent writers as Aasen himself, the poets 0. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... there has since arisen a valuable though not very large literature in the " landsmal." But it is nowhere spoken.s Its grammatical structure and ..."

3. A History of the County of Inverness (Mainland) by James Cameron Lees (1897)
"This I infer from the fact that in the Norwegian " landsmal," rural speech, the word " no " or " nu " signifies a mug, or small vessel made out of a solid ..."

4. Norway by Gerhard Lemmer, Elke Frey, Helga Rahe (2001)
"... landsmal, which was based on Old Norse. The 1870s saw the birth of a labor party called the "Left Party." intended as an alternative to the two parties ..."

5. Another Man's Shoes by Sven Somme (2005)
"Next I might use 10 0re or 5 ore stamps in various combinations. Finally, I could use either of our two official languages, landsmal and ..."

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