svullen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sollinn.

Adjective

svullen (neuter singular svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

1. swollen

Related terms

• svulme

References

• “svullen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• svollen

Etymology

From Old Norse sollinn.

Adjective

svullen (neuter singular svulle or svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

1. swollen

Related terms

• svulme

References

• “svullen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish svollin or Old Swedish sullin, from Old Norse sollinn. Compare with Norwegian svullen, German geschwollen, English swollen. Originally a past participle of svälla when conjugated as a strong verb. The v was added by analogy to the verb's infinitive and past tense stems. Doublet of svulstig.

Adjective

svullen (comparative svullnare, superlative svullnast)

1. swollen

Declension

Inflection of svullen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	svullen	svullnare	svullnast
Neuter singular	svullet	svullnare	svullnast
Plural	svullna	svullnare	svullnast
Masculine plural3	svullne	svullnare	svullnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	svullne	svullnare	svullnaste
All	svullna	svullnare	svullnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• svullna
• svullnad

References

• svullen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svullen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svullen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• svullen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)