bólgna

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse bólgna, from bólginn (“swollen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpœlna/ Rhymes: -œlna === Verb === bólgna (third person singular past indicative bólgnaði, third person plural past indicative bólgnað, supine bólgnað) to swell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to swell): hovna, trútna == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse bólgna, from bólginn (“swollen”). Equivalent to bólginn +‎ -a (inchoative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoulna/ Rhymes: -oulna === Verb === bólgna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bólgnaði, supine bólgnað) to swell ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From bólginn (“swollen”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). === Verb === bólgna (intransitive) to swell, become swollen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== belgr m (“bellows”) bylgja f (“wave”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: bólgna Faroese: bólgna Norwegian: bolne, bulne Old Swedish: bulna Swedish: bulna Danish: bolne → Middle English: bolnen, bollen English: boln === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bólgna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 65; also available at the Internet Archive