grevling

From Middle Low German grevink

grevling m (definite singular grevlingen, indefinite plural grevlinger, definite plural grevlingene)

1. a badger, in particular the European badger (Meles meles)

• “grevling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German grevink, related to the verb grava, (to dig). Compare with Danish grævling.

• IPA^(key): /²ɡrɛʋlɪŋ/

grevling m (definite singular grevlingen, indefinite plural grevlingar, definite plural grevlingane)

1. a European badger (Meles meles)
2. a badger, a shortlegged omnivorous animal of the subfamily, Melinae
   • 1919, Anders Hovden, Rudningsmenn:

     Nedi myri ber det til paa spreng, dei grev seg som grevlingar ned i jordi, so berre moldspruten stend um dei […]

     In the bog, they are working like mad, they are digging into the ground like badgers, the soil flying up around them […]

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• “grevling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.