tøye
See also: Toye
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
tøye (imperative tøy, present tense tøyer, passive tøyes, simple past tøyde, past participle tøyd, present participle tøyende)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse teygja. Cognates include German ziehen.
Alternative forms edit
- tøya (a-infinitive)
Verb edit
tøye (present tense tøyer, past tense tøygde, past participle tøygd or tøygt, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøy)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
tøye (present tense tøyar, past tense tøya, past participle tøya, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøye/tøy)
- to become milder, to thaw
- (intransitive, figurative) to become more obliging and sociable
References edit
- “tøye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.