bjølle

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bjølle f or m (definite singular bjølla or bjøllen, indefinite plural bjøller, definite plural bjøllene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by bjelle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫllu, oblique cases singular of bjalla, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. Akin to English bell. Other cognates include Danish bjælde, Icelandic bjalla, and Faroese bjølla. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

bjølle f (definite singular bjølla, indefinite plural bjøller, definite plural bjøllene)

  1. a bell

Verb

bjølle (present tense bjøllar, past tense bjølla, past participle bjølla, passive infinitive bjøllast, present participle bjøllande, imperative bjølle/bjøll)

  1. (intransitive) to ring with a bell

References

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