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bylja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bylja (bellow, roar), from Proto-Germanic *buljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to roar), of onomatopoeic origin. Related to belja (to roar).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative buldi, supine bulið)

  1. (intransitive) to reverberate, to resound
    Synonyms: ymja, dynja, glymja

Conjugation

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bulinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
bulinn bulin bulið buldir buldar bulin
accusative
(þolfall)
bulinn bulda bulið bulda buldar bulin
dative
(þágufall)
buldum bulinni buldu buldum buldum buldum
genitive
(eignarfall)
bulins bulinnar bulins bulinna bulinna bulinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
buldi bulda bulda buldu buldu buldu
accusative
(þolfall)
bulda buldu bulda buldu buldu buldu
dative
(þágufall)
bulda buldu bulda buldu buldu buldu
genitive
(eignarfall)
bulda buldu bulda buldu buldu buldu

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *buljaną.

Verb

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bylja (singular past indicative buldi, plural past indicative buldu, past participle buldr or buliðr)

  1. to resound, roar

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bylja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bylja
present participle byljandi
past participle buldr, buliðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular byl bulda bylja bylda
2nd person singular byll buldir bylir byldir
3rd person singular byll buldi byli byldi
1st person plural byljum buldum bylim byldim
2nd person plural bylið bulduð bylið byldið
3rd person plural bylja buldu byli byldi
imperative present
2nd person singular byl
1st person plural byljum
2nd person plural bylið

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: bylja

Further reading

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