byksa

• bykse

From Old Norse byxa sér (“jump”), probably from Middle Low German, from Middle High German bückezen (“jump like a buck”).

• IPA^(key): /²bʏksɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

byksa (present tense bykser, past tense bykste, past participle bykst, passive infinitive byksast, present participle byksande, imperative byks)

1. jump suddenly and vigorously
   • 1894, Per Sivle, "Svolder":

     So bykste han med sine Menn uti Hav.

     Then he jumped with his men into the sea.

• byks

• “byksa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.