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Mike_Elton
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Posted - 13/06/2004 :  06:56:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Can anyone tell me what "hermer" means?

<e.g.> og det er mange hermer etter han.

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jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 13/06/2004 :  10:44:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hmm... do you mean "det er mange som hermer etter han"...?

"Herme" means to copy someone, mimic..., i.e. you do exactly what the other person do.

"Det er mange som hermer etter han" means that there are many people who copy what that person do and does it after him... copy-cats...

//Jan
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Borge
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Norway
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Posted - 13/06/2004 :  10:57:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maybe it would make more meaning if Mike provided a little more of the text, so we can figure out the context.
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Mike_Elton
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Posted - 13/06/2004 :  18:53:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is the entire sentence from the Valdres Bydgebok.

Vart tidleg veikhelsa, sa han vann lite, men han skjemta bort fattigdomen og veikskapen sin, og det er mange hermer etter han.

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ninakarls
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Norway
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Posted - 13/06/2004 :  19:24:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think "hermer" is dialect (or nynorsk) for "munnhell" i.e. "bywords" or "(familiar) sayings" according to Norwegian-English dictionary.
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