Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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dryfta (present tense dryfter, past tense dryfte, past participle dryft, present participle dryftande, imperative dryft)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of drøfte

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *drupatjaną. Doublet of drypa. Modern sense of "debate" coined by Viktor Rydberg and Sven Adolf Hedlund during the latter half of the 19th century.

Verb

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dryfta (present dryftar, preterite dryftade, supine dryftat, imperative dryfta)

  1. (dated, dialectal) clean (seeds and grains) from chaff and husks by shaking
  2. (formal) debate

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