kyngja

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Icelandic

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kyngja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kyngdi, supine kyngt)

  1. to swallow
  2. (impersonal) to snow heavily
  3. (impersonal, with dative, of snow) to come in droves

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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kyngja (present tense kyngjer, past tense kyngde, past participle kyngt, present participle kyngjande, imperative kyng)

  1. to toll, chime ring a bell
    • 1943, Tor Jonsson, Ordet:
      Kva hjelp det å syngje som elv i det aude? Kva hjelp det å kyngje med klokker for daude?
      What use is singing like a river in the wilderness? What use is tolling with bells for the dead?

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