nebb

nebb m or n (definite singular nebben or nebbet, indefinite plural nebb, definite plural nebbene or nebba)

1. a beak or bill (usually of birds)

• gulnebblom
• nebbdyr
• storkenebb

• “nebb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nabją n, with unknown origin.

nebb m or n (definite singular nebben or nebbet, indefinite plural nebbar or nebb, definite plural nebbane or nebba)

1. a beak or bill (usually of birds)

• gulnebblom
• nebbdyr
• nebbkval
• storkenebb

• “nebb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *nabi, from Proto-Germanic *nabją. Akin to Old Norse nef, Middle Low German nebbe and Middle Dutch nebbe.

• IPA^(key): /nebb/, [neb]

nebb n

1. face
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

     He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige.

     He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.

2. nose
3. bill or beak

Strong a-stem:

• English: neb, nib, nibble