svullen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sollinn.

Adjective

svullen (neuter singular svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

  1. swollen

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • svollen

Etymology

From Old Norse sollinn.

Adjective

svullen (neuter singular svulle or svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

  1. swollen

References

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish svollin or Old Swedish sullin, from Old Norse sollinn. Compare with Norwegian svullen, German geschwollen, English swollen. Originally a past participle of svälla when conjugated as a strong verb. The v was added by analogy to the verb's infinitive and past tense stems. Doublet of svulstig.

Adjective

svullen (comparative svullnare, superlative svullnast)

  1. swollen

Declension

Inflection of svullen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svullen svullnare svullnast
neuter singular svullet svullnare svullnast
plural svullna svullnare svullnast
masculine plural2 svullne svullnare svullnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svullne svullnare svullnaste
all svullna svullnare svullnaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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