bjølle
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bjølle f or m (definite singular bjølla or bjøllen, indefinite plural bjøller, definite plural bjøllene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by bjelle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (non-standard since 2012) bjølla
Etymology
From Old Norse bjǫllu, oblique cases singular of bjalla, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. Akin to English bell. Other cognates include Danish bjælde, Icelandic bjalla, and Faroese bjølla.
Noun
bjølle f (definite singular bjølla, indefinite plural bjøller, definite plural bjøllene)
- a bell
References
- “bjølle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.