bøye

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bøye

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From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye.

bøye m (definite singular bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)

1. a buoy

• fortøyningsbøye
• livbøye
• lysbøye

From Dutch or Middle Dutch bui.

• byge

bøye f or m (definite singular bøya or bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)

1. a gust of wind (squall)
2. a shower (of rain, hail or snow)

From Old Norse beygja.

bøye (imperative bøy, present tense bøyer, simple past bøyet or bøyde, past participle bøyet or bøyd, present participle bøyende)

1. to bend (cause something to change its shape, change one's shape)
2. to bow
3. to diffract
4. to conjugate / inflect

• bøyelig
• bøyning, bøying

• “bøye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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bøye

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From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye.

bøye f or m (definite singular bøyen or bøya, indefinite plural bøyar or bøyer, definite plural bøyane or bøyene)

1. (nautical) a buoy

• livbøye
• lysbøye

From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

bøye (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, supine bøygd or bøygt, past participle bøygd, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy)

1. alternative form of bøya

• bøying

From Dutch bui.

bøye f (definite singular bøya, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)

1. alternative form of bye

• “bøye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.