bjällra

Swedish

Etymology

Variant of bjälla, possibly blended with skallra. From Old Swedish biælla, from Old Norse bjalla, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

Noun

bjällra c

1. a jingle bell

Usage notes

Turns into bjäller- in compounds.

Declension

Declension of bjällra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bjällra	bjällran	bjällror	bjällrorna
Genitive	bjällras	bjällrans	bjällrors	bjällrornas

Derived terms

• bjällerklang (“sound of jingle bells”)

References

• bjällra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bjällra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bjällra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)