See also: blíva, blīva, and blīvā

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Alternative forms

edit
  • blive (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

edit

From Middle Norwegian blífa, from Middle Low German bliven, from ultimately Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Verb

edit

bliva (present tense bliv, past tense bleiv, supine blive, past participle bliven, present participle blivande, imperative bliv)

  1. (intransitive) to drown
    Synonym: drukne
    han gjekk gjennom isen og bleiv

References

edit

Swedish

edit

Verb

edit

bliva (present bliver, preterite blev, supine blivit, imperative bliv)

  1. Dated form of bli.

Conjugation

edit

Further reading

edit