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bylgja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
  2. something, which reminds of a wave

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bylgja bylgjan bylgjur bylgjurnar
accusative bylgju bylgjuna bylgjur bylgjurnar
dative bylgju bylgjuni bylgjum bylgjunum
genitive bylgju bylgjunnar bylgja bylgjanna

Hyponyms

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Further reading

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
    Synonyms: hrönn, alda
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (orthography) tilde

Declension

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja.

Noun

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bylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone)

  1. definite singular of bylgje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of bylgje

Etymology 2

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From the noun bylgje.

Verb

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bylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj)

  1. (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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Noun

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bylgja f

  1. wave, billow

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • bylgja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press