Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bólgna, from bólginn (swollen).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bólgna (third person singular past indicative bólgnaði, third person plural past indicative bólgnað, supine bólgnað)

  1. to swell

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bólgna (group v-30)
infinitive bólgna
supine bólgnað
participle (a6)1 bólgnandi bólgnaður
present past
first singular bólgni bólgnaði
second singular bólgnar bólgnaði
third singular bólgnar bólgnaði
plural bólgna bólgnaðu
imperative
singular bólgna!
plural bólgnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bólgna, from bólginn (swollen) (Icelandic bólginn).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bólgna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bólgnaði, supine bólgnað)

  1. to swell

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From bólginn (swollen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).

Verb

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bólgna

  1. (intransitive) to swell, become swollen

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: bólgna
  • Faroese: bólgna
  • Norwegian: bolne, bulne
  • Old Swedish: bulna
  • Danish: bolne
  • Middle English: bolnen, bollen

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