spissmus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From spiss (“pointy”) +‎ mus (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɪsːˌmʉːs/

Noun

spissmus f (definite singular spissmusa, indefinite plural spissmus or spissmyser, definite plural spissmusene or spissmysene)

a shrew, a small animal of the genus Soricidae
- 1935, Eirik Vandvik, (translated from Herodotus) "Nildalen og folket der":
  Spissmyser og haukar fører dei avstad til byen Buto, ibisar til Hermes-byen.
  They take the shrews and hawks to the city of Buto, the ibises to Hermopolis.
Synonym: skjerd

Derived terms

References

“spissmus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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