bleie
See also: Bleie
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse blæja.
Noun
bleie f or m (definite singular bleia or bleien, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)
- a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)
References
- “bleie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (defunct) bleia, blæja, blæje
Etymology
From earlier and Old Norse blæa, blæja. Compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”) and Faroese blæa.
Noun
bleie f (definite singular bleia, indefinite plural bleier, definite plural bleiene)
- a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)
- another kind of cloth
- (dated, rare) bedsheets
- (colloquial) a bag of snuff
- (historical) a tablecloth, cloth, altarcloth
- Synonym: duk
- suet
- Synonym: netje
- (obsolete, ecclesiastical) an altar (covered by an altarcloth)
- (obsolete, ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
- Synonym: altarring
- (obsolete, ecclesiastical) the amount of communicants around the altar in one go
- Synonym: knefall
- Dæ va tri Bleie mæ Altersfolk.
- There were three rounds of communicants [at the altar].
- (obsolete, ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
Derived terms
- bleiebarn
- bleieskift
- bleievask
- eingongsbleie
- talgbleie
- tøybleie
References
- “bleie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “Bleia”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000.