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allmue

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

the common people, the commoners, country folk

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt almúgi, almúgr Old Norse almúgi, almúgr

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. særlig før, i bestemt form: småkårsfolket, folket på landet especially formerly, in the definite form: the poorer classes, country folk
    • embetsmennene utsugde allmuen the officials exploited the common people
  2. særlig om eldre forhold i sammensetninger: folke- especially of former times, in compounds: folke- 'folk-'
    for example:for eksempel allmueboksamlingmunicipal library for ordinary people, allmueskoleprimary school (called folkeskole from 1889)