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lo

Pronunciation: /luː/

“lo” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics
  2. any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels
  3. a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed
  4. grain, husk and straw
  5. a grain harvest
  6. hay
  7. Used in placenames: meadow
  8. part of a vessel whose side faces the wind
  9. a shotgun shell
  10. a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)
  11. natural fertilizer
  12. dung

adjective

  1. located or situated on the windy side

Etymology

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

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