Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse bólgna, from bólginn (swollen).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to swell

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to swell

Conjugation edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

bólgna

  1. (intransitive) to swell, become swollen

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

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

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