abildgrå

abild +‎ grå, first part from Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”). Last part from Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbɪlɡroː/

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• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: ab‧ild‧grå

abildgrå (neuter singular abildgrått, definite singular and plural abildgrå or abildgråe, comparative abildgråere, indefinite superlative abildgråest, definite superlative abildgråeste)

1. (poetic, obsolete) white or light colour with gray spots; gray-spotted (of a horse)

   Synonyms: apalgrå, gråskimlete

   • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 197:

     hans ganger, den abildgraa, Grane kaldet

     his times, the gray-spotted, called Grane

• abildblomst (“apple blossom”)
• abildgren (“apple tree branch”)
• abildgård (“apple orchard”)
• abildtre (“apple tree”)

• “abildgrå” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).