veispringer .... Vei-S.pring.er den andre yngre..!?

English translation: Knight of the road

14:30 Mar 16, 2001

Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Norwegian term or phrase: veispringer .... Vei-S.pring.er den andre yngre..!?

An attempt was made to call someone a knight of the road - (addressed to a professional driver who did a kindness to an older couple). The word used was veispringer. This is the term and the part of a reply that dealt with that term. What does it mean, and did the word veispringer have other meanings or connotations? Thank you!

Donna

English translation:Knight of the road

Explanation:
Nothing more complex than "knight of the road" - Blå Ordbok gives springer as "knight", so "veispringer" is literally a "night of the road"

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Andy Bell
Local time: 13:25

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And thank you for the leads to other help.
Best wishes to you
Donna
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Some more context ?

Tone Wittmann

Knight of the road

Andy Bell

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1 hr

Some more context ?

Explanation:
Hallo Donna !

I have never heard the word veispringer before, could you give some more context.

The direct translation would be:
vei = road
springer = a person running

I made a google search and one on www.kvasir.no but I found no hits.

Give us more context !

Best regards from Tone

www.google.com, www.kvasir.no
Native Norwegian

Tone Wittmann
Local time: 07:25
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Norwegian
PRO pts in pair: 12

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Knight of the road

Andy Bell
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 88

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And thank you for the leads to other help.
Best wishes to you
Donna

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