bylgja
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)
Declension
Hyponyms
- erbylgja
- hitabylgja
- kuldabylgja
- lágtrýstsbylgja
- ljóðbylgja
- radiobylgja
Further reading
- "bylgja" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)
Declension
Derived terms
- ganga í bylgjum
- bylgjast
- bylgjufall
- bylgjulengd
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja.
Noun
bylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone)
Etymology 2
From the noun bylgje.
Verb
bylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj)
- (intransitive) to billow
- 1957, Åsta Holth, Fem år på Nuttila, Oslo: Norsk barneblad, page 95:
- Over hugua deira bylgja røyken som eit grått ullteppe.
- Over their heads, the smoke billowed like a gray woollen carpet.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Noun
bylgja f
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bylgja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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