r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Nov 15 '20

Søndagsspørsmål #358 - Sunday Question Thread

This is a weekly post to ask any question that you may not have felt deserved its own post, or have been hesitating to ask for whatever reason. No question too small or silly!

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u/ManyIdeasNoProgress Nov 16 '20

I think that would depend on the dialect, actually. I understand it closest to "laugh", but "et flir" (noun) is used in other dialects as a grin.

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u/UberRayRay Nov 16 '20

Thank you! Could I ask what your dialect is? Just to try and place the definition you gave.

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u/ManyIdeasNoProgress Nov 16 '20

Sunnmørsdialekt. I think (but don't quote me in your academic papers) that the same understanding can be found in most dialects along the coast north of, say, Nordfjord.

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u/Dampmaskin Native speaker Nov 20 '20

"Flire" = "laugh" in all of Nord-Norge.

But the noun "et flir" is "a grin" or "a smirk". The noun "a laugh" would be translated as "fliring".