hoill brillan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hold brillan, hald brillene
• hold brillene (Bokmål)

Etymology

From a Norwegian comic book hero Hold Brillan. Literally, “Hold the eyeglasses”

Suggesting that the speaker is having on eyeglasses, and needs someone else to hold it in order to engage in a fight.

Phrase

hoill brillan

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) hold my beer