myllra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. Likely from the same root as mygga and myra.
Verb
[edit]myllra (present myllrar, preterite myllrade, supine myllrat, imperative myllra)
- to occur as or be filled with a large, disordered (moving) mass; to swarm, to teem, (by implication or when used figuratively) to abound
- Skogen myllrar av myror
- The forest is teeming with ants
- Det myllrar av myror i skogen
- The forest is teeming with ants (also impersonal)
- en myllrande gata
- a bustling street
Usage notes
[edit]- See the usage notes for myller.
- Close synonym of vimla, which is often of larger, less flimsy things, including people (though myllra can also be, with a looser/"swarmier" feel).
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of myllra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | myllra | myllras | ||
| Supine | myllrat | myllrats | ||
| Imperative | myllra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | myllren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | myllrar | myllrade | myllras | myllrades |
| Ind. plural1 | myllra | myllrade | myllras | myllrades |
| Subjunctive2 | myllre | myllrade | myllres | myllrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | myllrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- myllra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- myllra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- myllra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- myllra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)