vanleg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vanle (eye dialect spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanaligr. Suffixed with -leg. Related to vane (“habit”). Similar to Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish vanlig, also Icelandic vanalegur.

Adjective

vanleg (indefinite singular vanleg, definite singular and plural vanlege, comparative vanlegare, indefinite superlative vanlegast, definite superlative vanlegaste)

1. common, normal

Antonyms

• rar, sær, uvanleg

Derived terms

• vanlegvis

See also

• sedvanleg