billed-abc

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Norwegian Bokmål

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A book of spelling in Norwegian with pictures, from 1888.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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billed- +‎ abc, first part from billed, a form of bilde (picture, photo), from Old Norse bilæti, from Middle Low German bilede, bilde, belede, belde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī, from *biliþu (equalness, likeness) + ( (-ness, -th), from Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (-th), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂), from *bil (equal, alike) + *-iþu (-ness), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂, *-teh₂, from Proto-Germanic *bilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰi-ló-s, from *bʰey- (bee). Last part from the first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɪlːədɑːbɛˈseː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: bil‧led‧a‧b‧c
  • Homophone: billed-ABC

Noun

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billed-abc f or m (definite singular billed-abca or billed-abcen, indefinite plural billed-abcer, definite plural billed-abcene)

  1. a primer with pictures
    helt fra 1532 hadde man hatt billed-abc-er i Tyskland
    ever since 1532 one has had primers with pictures in Germany
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  • abc-bok (a textbook in reading or spelling)

References

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Anagrams

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