Editing Nynorsk (section)

==Early Nynorsk studies and dictionaries==
[[Image:Olav Rusti-Ivar Aasen.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Ivar Aasen]] (drawing by Olav Rusti)]]
[[File:Adolph Tidemand & Hans Gude - Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Norwegian romantic nationalism]] movement sought to identify and celebrate the genuinely Norwegian.]]

After the transition from Middle Norwegian to New Norwegian/Nynorsk ({{Circa|1525}}), several studies of the language were assembled. The oldest of these is a language overview and collection of proverbs from the early 1600s Vest-Agder. Later in the century, a dictionary from Robyggjelaget was written. Neither of these works were printed until more recently. In 1646, however, Christen Jensøn (1610-1653), born in Askvoll, Norway, released a dictionary which documented the Nynorsk language in Sunnfjord.<ref>Jensøn, Christen. 1946. Den norske dictionarium eller glosebog. A/S J.W. Eides forlag. Bergen, 1946. (including foreword)</ref>

In 1749, [[Erik Pontoppidan]] released a dictionary of Norwegian words that were incomprehensible to Danish people, ''Glossarium Norvagicum Eller Forsøg paa en Samling Af saadanne rare Norske Ord Som gemeenlig ikke forstaaes af Danske Folk, Tilligemed en Fortegnelse paa Norske Mænds og Qvinders Navne''.<ref name="runeberg">{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/glossnor/|title=Glossarium Norvagicum eller Forsøg paa en Samling af saadanne rare Norske Ord|publisher=runeberg.org|access-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> Pontoppidan's dictionary was criticised by [[Torleiv Hannaas]] for being a somewhat haphazard collection of rarities, and for being written by someone who was not proficient in Nynorsk, in contrast with Jensøn's dictionary. It is agreed, and also admitted by Pontoppidan himself, that the scope of Pontoppidan's work was not to provide a complete or rigid study of Nynorsk, but to make an attempt to further the understanding of the language.<ref>Hamre, Håkon. 1972. Erik Pontoppidan og hans Glossarium Norvagicum. Norwegian Universities Press, Bergen, Oslo.</ref>