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Etymology

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From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Noun

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bölja c

  1. a wave, a billow (large, undulating wave, like on the sea)
    Synonym: (more common) våg
  2. the sea (in some expressions)
    Vi seglade på böljan den blå
    We sailed the sea ["we sailed on the billow the blue (one) / the blue billow," with idiomatic phrasing]

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Verb

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bölja (present böljar, preterite böljade, supine böljat, imperative bölja)

  1. to billow (make large, undulating movements)
    böljande vetefält
    billowing wheat fields

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