bälga

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish bælghia (“to swell up”), from Old Norse belgja (“to inflate”), from Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Compare Danish bælle. === Verb === bälga (present bälgar, preterite bälgade, supine bälgat, imperative bälga) drink greedily ==== Usage notes ==== Typically reflexively: bälga i sig. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “bälga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bälga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) bälg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) bälghia in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L