fyll

See also: fýll

Middle English

Noun

fyll

  1. alternative form of fille

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fylle (to fill, stuff), from Old Norse fylla (to fill, complete), from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (to fill, make full), from *fullaz + *-janą, first part from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós, from *pleh₁- (to fill).

Noun

fyll f or m (definite singular fylla or fyllen, uncountable)

  1. drinking, drunkenness
Derived terms

Noun

fyll f or m (definite singular fylla or fyllen, uncountable)
fyll n (definite singular fyllet, uncountable)

  1. filling, stuffing
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fyll

  1. imperative of fylle

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb fylle.

(drunkenness): Attested as Fyld by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

Noun

fyll f (definite singular fylla, uncountable)

  1. drinking, drunkenness

Noun

fyll f (definite singular fylla, uncountable)
fyll n (definite singular fyllet, uncountable)

  1. filling, stuffing

Derived terms

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfyl.dest/, [ˈfyɫ.dest]

Verb

fyll

  1. singular imperative of fyllan

Swedish

Verb

fyll

  1. imperative of fylla