bli

From Proto-Albanian *blina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlen- (compare Lithuanian blindìs (“pussy willow”)).

• blî (Gheg)

• IPA^(key): /bli/

bli m (indefinite plural blirë, definite singular bliri)

1. (botany) linden, lime tree (Tilia)
2. linden flower (used to make linden tea)

• blishtë
• blinishtë
• blinajë

From Proto-Albanian *blina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlen- (compare Greek βλέννος (vlénnos)).

• blî (Gheg)

bli m (indefinite plural blij, definite singular blini)

1. sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)

From Old Dutch *blīo, *blī, from Proto-Germanic *blīwą.

• IPA^(key): /bliː/

bli n

1. lead

   Synonym: loot

• Dutch: blei (with unetymological ei)
• Limburgish: blie

• “bli”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bli”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• IPA^(key): /bli/

Short form of blive, from Middle Low German bliven. Meanings 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða, which also has given rise to the dated vorde. In several dialects, the Low German word did not displace the Old Norse word completely. As a result, vart was allowed in past tense besides ble(i) between 1938 and 2005.

bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past ble or blei, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)

1. to stay, remain.

   Hva sier du til å bli hjemme i stedet for å gå på den dumme festen?

   How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?

   Du blir her!

   You stay here!

2. (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be

   To personer ble arrestert for tyveri i går.

   Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.

   Hun ble grepet av angst.

   She was gripped with fear.

3. (change, development over time) to become, get, go.

   Det blir jo bare verre!

   It keeps getting worse!

   Øhm, er det bare meg, eller begynner du å bli skallet?

   Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?

4. to be, become, will, going to, turn out,

   Når jeg blir stor skal jeg bli lege.

   When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.

   Festen ble en suksess!

   The party turned out to be/was a success!

5. (bills and payments) to be, come to

   Det blir 25 kroner.

   That's 25 kroner

• (to stay, remain): bestå, dvele, forbli, vedbli, vedvare
• (to become, get, be): forme seg, forvandle seg, fremkomme/framkomme, føre til, lede til, oppstå, utvikle seg, vokse seg, vorde
• (bills and payment; to be): beløpe seg til, koste

• vorde

From Middle Norwegian blífa and Middle Low German bliven. A short and juxtaposed form of blive.

• blive (juxtaposed form)

bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past blev or bleiv, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)

1. (archaic, dialectal) to drown

   Han falt over bord og bleiv.

   He fell over board and drowned.

• drukne

• “bli” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Short form of blive, from Middle Norwegian blífa, from Middle Low German bliven. Meaning 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða. The second paradigm is from verta/verte, also from Old Norse verða.

• IPA^(key): /bliː/
• Homophone: blid

bli (present tense blir, past tense blei, past participle blitt, present participle blivande, imperative bli)

or

bli (present tense blir, past tense vart, past participle vorte, present participle blivande, imperative bli)

1. to stay, remain.

   Kva seier du til å bli heime i staden for å gå på den dumme festen?

   How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?

   Du blir her!

   You stay here!

2. (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be

   To personar vart arresterte for tjuveri i går.

   Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.

   Ho vart gripen av angst.

   She was gripped with fear.

3. (change, development over time) to become, get, go.

   Det blir jo berre verre!

   It keeps getting worse!

   Øhm, er det berre meg, eller byrjar du å bli skalla?

   Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?

4. to be, become, will, going to, turn out,

   Når eg blir stor, skal eg bli lege.

   When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.

   Festen vart ein suksess!

   The party turned out to be/was a success!

5. to be necessary, to have to, to be

   Det blir å byrje på nytt, går eg ut frå.

   I have to start over again I guess.

6. (bills and payments) to be, come to

   Det blir 25 kroner.

   That's 25 kroner

to stay, remain

to become, get, be

bills and payment; to be

• kosta/koste

• blivende
• bli av
• bli av med
• bli etter
• bli kor ein er
• bli kjend
• bli kjend med
• bli klar over/bli klår over
• bli med
• bli seg sjølv igjen
• bli til
• bli til at
• bli ute av seg
• bli ved med
• la bli
• la det bli med det

• verta/verte

• “bli” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Scandinavian languages, e.g., Swedish and Norwegian.

bli (past blid)

1. (auxiliary) Used with the stem-form of a verb in order to denote that verb's passive voice, specifically the "passive of becoming" voice.

• es

From Proto-Germanic *blīwą.

blī n

1. colour, hue
2. complexion

Apocopic form of bliva, from Old Swedish bliva, from Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”), from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

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bli

1. (dated) to remain, to stay

   Skomakare, bli vid din läst!

   Cobbler, stick to thy last!

2. to become; to turn into (with an optional preposition till)

   vattnet blev vin

   the water turned into wine

   grodan blev en prins

   the frog turned into a prince

   guldet blev till sand

   the gold turned into sand

3. (impersonal) to be (in a future sense)

   Det ska bli kul att träffa honom

   It will be fun to meet him

4. (auxiliary) used together with a past participle meaning "has become"

   det har blivit mörkt

   it has become dark (the sun has set)

   det hade blivit kallt

   it had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)

• The sense to remain, stay used to be more common in 1950 than it is now.
• Note that bli till (transitively) means turn into, but (intransitively) means to come into being
• In many dialects, the past tense blev is often replaced with the past tense of varda.

• bliva (archaic, infinitive)
• blifva (archaic, infinitive)
• blifwa
• bliv (archaic, imperative mood)
• förbli (to remain, stay)
• förbliva
• förblifva
• förblifwa
• varda (archaic, infinitive)

• bli till