fylla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb

fylla (third person singular past indicative fylti, third person plural past indicative fylt, supine fylt)

  1. to fill
  2. to have a birthday

Conjugation


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪtla/
    Rhymes: -ɪtla

Verb

fylla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fyllti, supine fyllt)

  1. to fill

Conjugation


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

fylla m or f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of fyll

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

fylla f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of fyll

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fylla

Verb

fylla (present tense fyller, past tense fylte, past participle fylt, passive infinitive fyllast, present participle fyllande, imperative fyll)

  1. alternative form of fylle

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullijaną, akin to Old English fyllan (English fill), Old Saxon fullian, Dutch vullen, Old High German fullen (German füllen), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan).

Verb

fylla

  1. (transitive) to fill
    1. (ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to fill with
  2. to complete, make up
  3. to fulfill
  4. (reflexive, with genitive) to be filled (with)
    fyllask áhyggju ok hræzlu
    to be filled with care and fear

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • fylla in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb

fylla

  1. to fill
  2. to satisfy
  3. to compensate

Conjugation

Descendants


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

fylla c

  1. a state of drunkenness
Declension
Declension of fylla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fylla fyllan fyllor fyllorna
Genitive fyllas fyllans fyllors fyllornas

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish fylla, from Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną. Cognate with Danish fylde, Norwegian fylle, English fill, German füllen, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan).[1]

Verb

fylla (present fyller, preterite fyllde, supine fyllt, imperative fyll)

  1. to fill, to make full
  2. to turn (X years old), to reach (a certain age), to have birthday
    Hon fyller på tisdag.
    Her birthday is on Tuesday.
    Han fyller moppe.
    He turns fifteen. (the legal age to drive a moped)
    Hon fyller jämnt i sommar.
    This summer her birthday anniversary is an even number. (a multiple of ten)
Conjugation

References

  1. fylla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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