bleie
See also: Bleie
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bleie f or m (definite singular bleia or bleien, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)
References edit
- “bleie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier and Old Norse blæa, blæja. Compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”) and Faroese blæa.
Noun edit
bleie f (definite singular bleia, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)
- a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)
- another kind of cloth
- (dated, rare) bedsheets
- (colloquial) a bag of snuff
- (historical) a tablecloth, cloth, altarcloth
- Synonym: duk
- suet
- Synonym: netje
- (ecclesiastical) an altar (covered by an altarcloth)
- (ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
- Synonym: altarring
- (ecclesiastical) the amount of communicants around the altar in one go
- Synonym: knefall
- Dæ va tri Bleie mæ Altersfolk.
- There were three rounds of communicants [at the altar].
- (ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bleie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Bleia”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000.