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tøye

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse teygja.

Verb

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tøye (imperative tøy, present tense tøyer, passive tøyes, simple past tøyde, past participle tøyd, present participle tøyende)

  1. to stretch, extend, pull (ut / out)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse teygja. Cognates include German ziehen.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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tøye (present tense tøyer, past tense tøygde, past participle tøygd or tøygt, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøy)

  1. to stretch, extend, pull (ut / out)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse þeyja.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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tøye (present tense tøyar, past tense tøya, past participle tøya, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøye/tøy)

  1. to become milder, to thaw
    Synonyms: smelte, bråne, tine
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to become more obliging and sociable

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