blåøygd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bláeygðr. Equivalent to blå (“blue”) +‎ øygd (“eyed”). Akin to English blue-eyed.

Adjective

blåøygd (masculine and feminine blåøygd, neuter blåøygd or blåøygt, definite singular and plural blåøygde)

  1. blue-eyed
  2. (figurative) naive, innocent, ingenuous

References
  • “blåøygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “blåøygd”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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