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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bjällra bjällras
definite bjällran bjällrans
plural indefinite bjällror bjällrors
definite bjällrorna bjällrornas

Derived terms

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