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fylla

fylla

Faroese

Verb

fylla ‎(third person singular past indicative fylti, third person plural past indicative fylt, supine fylt)

  1. to fill
  2. to have a birthday

Conjugation

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪtla/
    Rhymes: -ɪtla

Verb

fylla ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fyllti, supine fyllt)

  1. to fill

Conjugation

fyllast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að fyllast
supine
(sagnbót) 		fyllst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		fyllandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég fyllist við fyllumst present
(nútíð) 		ég fyllist við fyllumst
þú fyllist þið fyllist þú fyllist þið fyllist
hann, hún, það fyllist þeir, þær, þau fyllast hann, hún, það fyllist þeir, þær, þau fyllist
past
(þátíð) 		ég fylltist við fylltumst past
(þátíð) 		ég fylltist við fylltumst
þú fylltist þið fylltust þú fylltist þið fylltust
hann, hún, það fylltist þeir, þær, þau fylltust hann, hún, það fylltist þeir, þær, þau fylltust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		fyllst (þú) fyllist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
fyllstu fyllisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullijaną, akin to Old English fyllan (English fill), Old Saxon fullian, Dutch vullen, Old High German fullen (German füllen), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(fulljan).

Verb

fylla

  1. to fill

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Descendants

References

  • fylla in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Verb

fylla

  1. to fill
  2. to satisfy
  3. to compensate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fylla (weak)
present past
infinitive fylla —
participle fyllandi, -e fylter
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk fyllir fylli, -e — fylti, -e fylti, -e
þū fyllir fylli, -e fyll fylti, -e fylti, -e
han fyllir fylli, -e — fylti, -e fylti, -e
vīr fyllum, -om fyllum, -om fyllum, -om fyltum, -om fyltum, -om
īr fyllin fyllin fyllin fyltin fyltin
þēr fylla fyllin — fyltu, -o fyltin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk fyllis fyllis, -es — fyltis, -es fyltis, -es
þū fyllis fyllis, -es — fyltis, -es fyltis, -es
han fyllis fyllis, -es — fyltis, -es fyltis, -es
vīr fyllums, -oms fyllums, -oms — fyltums, -oms fyltums, -oms
īr fyllins fyllins — fyltins fyltins
þēr fyllas fyllins — fyltus, -os fyltins

Descendants

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

fylla c

  1. a state of drunkenness
Declension
Inflection of fylla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fylla fyllan fyllor fyllorna
Genitive fyllas fyllans fyllors fyllornas

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish fylla, from Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną. Cognate with Danish fylde, Norwegian fylle, English fill, German füllen, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(fulljan).[1]

Verb

fylla ‎(present fyller, preterite fyllde, supine fyllt, imperative fyll)

  1. to fill, to make full
  2. to turn (X years old), to reach (a certain age), to have birthday
    Hon fyller på tisdag.
    Her birthday is on Tuesday.
    Han fyller moppe.
    He turns fifteen. (the legal age to drive a moped)
    Hon fyller jämnt i sommar.
    This summer her birthday anniversary is an even number. (a multiple of ten)
Conjugation
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References

  1. ↑ fylla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Etymology

From Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

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