byksa

See also: byxa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse byxa sér (“jump”), probably from Middle Low German, from Middle High German bückezen (“jump like a buck”).

Alternative forms

• bykse (with e and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʏksɑ/

Verb

byksa (present tense bykser, past tense bykste, past participle bykst, passive infinitive byksast, present participle byksande, imperative byks)

1. (intransitive) to jump suddenly and vigorously
   • 1894, Per Sivle, "Svolder":

     So bykste han med sine Menn uti Hav.

     Then he jumped with his men into the sea.

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated as a weak verb (as seen above), and has been conjugated as a weak verb all the way back to its origins in Old Norse byxa. Ivar Aasen (1848), however, notes in his grammar that it may be conjugated as a strong verb (byks – boks – bokset) in a few locations. But he still sees the weak conjugation as the most correct one.

Derived terms

• byks n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• byksi (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏksɑ/

Noun

byksa n

1. definite plural of byks

References

• “byksa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.