fylla

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Faroese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb [edit]

fylla (third person singular past indicative fylti, supine fylt)

  1. to fill
  2. to have a birthday

Conjugation [edit]


Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

fylla weak verb (third person singular past indicative fyllti, supine fyllt)

  1. to fill

Conjugation [edit]


Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fullijaną, akin to Old English fyllan, Old High German fullen.

Verb [edit]

fylla

  1. to fill

Descendants [edit]


Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

fylla c

  1. a state of drunkenness
Declension [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old Swedish fylla (Old Norse fylla). Swedish and Old Norse fylla belongs to Swedish full resp. Old Norse fullr. Cognate with Danish fylde, Norwegian fylle, English fill, German füllen, Gothic fulljan.[1]

Verb [edit]

fylla (present fyller, preterite fyllde, supine fyllt, imperative fyll)

  1. to fill, to make full
Conjugation [edit]
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References [edit]

  1. ^ fylla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)