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fylla

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb

fylla (third person singular past indicative fylti, third person plural past indicative fylt, supine fylt)

  1. to fill
  2. to have a birthday

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

fylla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fyllti, supine fyllt)

  1. to fill

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

fylla m or f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of fyll

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

fylla f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of fyll

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fylla.

Verb

fylla (present tense fyller, past tense fylte, past participle fylt, passive infinitive fyllast, present participle fyllande, imperative fyll)

  1. alternative form of fylle

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullijaną, akin to Old English fyllan (English fill), Old Saxon fullian, Dutch vullen, Old High German fullen (German füllen), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan).

Verb

fylla

  1. to fill [with accusative ‘something’ and genitive ‘with something’]
  2. to complete, make up
  3. to fulfill
  4. (reflexive) to be filled [with genitive ‘with something’]
    fyllask áhyggju ok hræzlu
    to be filled with care and fear

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fylla
  • Faroese: fylla
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: fylla
  • Old Danish: fyllæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fylla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb

fylla

  1. to fill
  2. to satisfy
  3. to compensate

Conjugation

More information present, past ...

Descendants

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Swedish

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