galning

From Old Danish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (“crazy, mad”) +‎ -ing (“-y, -ie”). Cognate with Swedish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

galning c (singular definite galningen, plural indefinite galninge)

1. a lunatic, a madman

• gærning (dialectal)

From galen +‎ -ing. Compare to Swedish galning and Danish galning

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑlnɪŋ/

galning m (definite singular galningen, indefinite plural galningar, definite plural galningane)

1. a lunatic, madman

• “galning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (“crazy, mad”) +‎ -ing (“-y, -ie”). Cognate with Danish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

galning c

1. a lunatic, a madman

• galning in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

• lagning