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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Declension of bylgja
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