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Good Knight! What would puns be without homonyms – words that have quite different meanings, but sound the same? Hjort [≈ gjort] er hjort [gjort] sa elgen og hoppet i elven og ble rein. (Deer [≈ done] is deer [done], the elk said, jumped into the river and became clean/a reindeer.) Here’s a list of some norske homonym. You never know when you’ll knead them – into a silly vits (joke)…

• skål (bowl) – skål! (cheers!)
• ku (cow) – q (the letter Q)
• sett (seen) – z
• eks (ex) – x
• hjul (wheel) – jul (X-mas)
• full (full) – full (drunk)
• tjære (tar) – kjære venn! (dear friend!)
• scene (stage) – sene (sinew) – dere er sene (you’re late)
• hjerne (brain) – det vil jeg gjerne! (I would love to!)
• tre (three) – tre (tree)
• fire (four) – å fire (to lower)
• seks (six) – sex
• vår (our) – vår (spring [season])
• fjær (feather) – fjær (spring [the metal thing that makes Jack jump out of a jack-in-the-box])
• bær (carry!) – bær (berry)
• bryter (wrestler) – bryter (electrical switch)
• rute (square) – rute (pane) – rute (route)
• bord (table) – bor (drill) – vi bor i… (we live in…)
• fyr (guy) – fyr (lighthouse) – huset tok fyr (the house caught fire)
• tilhenger (supporter) – tilhenger (trailer)
• sky (cloud) – sky (shy) – sjy (gravy)
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  Q Melk. Can you spot the pun? 🙂 (By Wolfmann (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.)

  ball (ball [football, basketball…]) – ball (ball [party])
• å vite (to know) – hvite (white of egg) – hvite (whites)
• nøtt (nut) – noen ganger er du nødt å… (sometimes you have to…)
• mål (goal) – mål (dimensions) – mål (language, speech – especially nynorsk)
• kart (map) – kart (unripe fruit)
• kort (card) – kort (short)
• tak (roof) – tak (ceiling) – ta tak! (get a grip!)
• blad (leaf) – blad (magazine)
• stamme (trunk) – stamme (tribe) – å stamme (to stammer) – å stamme fra (to originate from)
• regning (arithmetic) – regning (bill)
• kran (tap, faucet) – kran (crane [for lifting things])
• lama (llama) – lama (lama, as in Dalai Lama!)
• dyr (animal) – dyr (expensive)
• å bli (to become) – blid (friendly, joyous)

Did I miss your favourites? Feel free to add them in a comment. 🙂