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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse blæja.

Noun

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bleie f or m (definite singular bleia or bleien, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)

  1. a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier and Old Norse blæa, blæja. Compare Icelandic blæja (veil) and Faroese blæa.

Noun

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bleie f (definite singular bleia, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)

  1. a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)
  2. another kind of cloth
    1. (dated, rare) bedsheets
    2. (colloquial) a bag of snuff
    3. (historical) a tablecloth, cloth, altarcloth
      Synonym: duk
  3. suet
    Synonym: netje
  4. (ecclesiastical) an altar (covered by an altarcloth)
    1. (ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
      Synonym: altarring
    2. (ecclesiastical) the amount of communicants around the altar in one go
      Synonym: knefall
      Dæ va tri Bleie mæ Altersfolk.
      There were three rounds of communicants [at the altar].

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