# anelse
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

ane +‎ -else, verbal noun form of ane (“guess, sense; suspect”), from Low German anen. Last part from West Germanic loanwords, from Middle Low German -nisse, from Old Saxon -nissi, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī (forms abstract nouns), from *-nass, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz + *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄, from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂ (creates collective nouns).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːnəlsə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -əlsə
* Hyphenation: an‧el‧se

### Noun

anelse m (definite singular anelsen, indefinite plural anelser, definite plural anelsene)
* the act of guessing, sensing, suspecting; a clue, idea
    Synonyms: anen, aning
    ikke ha anelse om; ha ingen anelse om ― have no idea about; have no knowledge of
** 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 68:det har ofte skudt op i mig som en anelseIt has often shot up in me as a clue
** 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 37:saaledes daler i dit varme indre en himmelsk anelseThus, in your warm inner a celestial clue
** 1880, Jonas Lie, Rutland, page 219:det var, som noget trykkede hende … en eller anden tung anelseIt was, as something pressed her ... some kind of heavy sense
** 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 122:kunsten … løser smilende af tvilens aag, hvad der er gjemt som anelse hos folketThe art ... solves smiling of doubt and, what is hidden as sense with the people
** 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 184:i fineste anelsens støvfrøin the finest sense's dust seed
** 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 206:en ny verden, dit, deres anelse stoda new world, there, their idea stood
** 1919, Nils Collett Vogt, Digte i utvalg, page 118:utenfor templet i anelsers vaar du stodyou stood outside the temple in our wondering
** 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 100:Ibsen har geniale anelser, han har allerede i «Kejser og Galilæer» antydet noget om et «tredje Rige»Ibsen has ingenious suspicions, he has already in "Emperor and Galileans" suggested something about a "third Kingdom"
** 2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise:jeg hadde en viss anelse om den klassiske musikkens betydning for å bli et dannet menneskeI had some idea of the significance of classical music for becoming an educated human being
** 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:Tonje har ingen anelse om hva jeg snakker omTonje has no idea what I'm talking about
** 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret, page 27:du har altså ingen anelse om hvem det er?so you have no idea who it is?
** 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 386:han har ikke den fjerneste anelse om, at vi er forlovedehe does not have the faintest idea that we are engaged
** 2003, Thorvald Steen, Fra Reykholt til Bosporus:jeg [har] opplevd folk si at man ikke hadde anelse om at jødene ble deportert til konsentrasjonsleireneI [have] experienced people say that they had no idea that the Jews were deported to the concentration camps
* a very weak occurrence (of something)
** 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land I, page 83:vi [kunne] se en svag lysning paa de høieste fjelde, en anelse af dæmring i sydwe [could] see a faint clearing on the highest mountains, a hint of twilight in the south
** 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:jeg tror han himler en anelse med øyneneI think he rolls his eyes a little
** 2006, Torbjørn Færøvik, Buddhas barn:smaken [på risvinen] er rund og en anelse søtligthe taste [of the rice wine] is round and slightly sweet

### References

* “anelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “anelse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* lasene, salene, selena