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 === bleia, blæja, blæje (defunct) === Etymology === From earlier and Old Norse blæa, blæja. Compare Swedish blöja, Danish ble, 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 (ecclesiastical) an altar (covered by an altarcloth) (ecclesiastical) an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail Synonym: altarring (ecclesiastical) the amount of communicants around the altar in one go Synonym: knefall ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bleie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Ivar Aasen (1850), “Bleia”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000.