bølle

See also: bolle, bollë, Bolle, and Bölle

Danish

Etymology 1

From a gang called bøllesjakket, which took its name from its haunt, Bøllemosen (situated north of Copenhagen), which is again named after the plant bølle. The word was coined in 1885.

Noun

bølle

  1. bully
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bulljō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhljā (testicle), probably because of the similarity of the berry to testicles.

Noun

bølle

  1. bog bilberry (bush)
Declension

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885.

Noun

bølle f or m (definite singular bølla or bøllen, indefinite plural bøller, definite plural bøllene)

  1. brute; a brutish person
  2. rascal; a trickster, troublemaker.

Derived terms

Verb

bølle (present tense bøller, past tense bølla or bøllet, past participle bølla or bøllet)

  1. Act like a brute
  2. benignly harassing

References

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