billed-abc

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Norwegian Bokmål

A book of spelling in Norwegian with pictures, from 1888.

Alternative forms

Etymology

billed- +‎ abc, first part from billed, a form of bilde (“picture, photo”), from Old Norse bilæti, from Middle Low German bilede, bilde, belede, belde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī, from *biliþu (“equalness, likeness”) + (*ī (“-ness, -th”), from Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (“-th”), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂), from *bil (“equal, alike”) + *-iþu (“-ness”), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂, *-teh₂, from Proto-Germanic *bilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰi-ló-s, from *bʰey- (“bee”). Last part from the first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪlːədɑːbɛˈseː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: bil‧led‧a‧b‧c
  • Homophone: billed-ABC

Noun

billed-abc f or m (definite singular billed-abca or billed-abcen, indefinite plural billed-abcer, definite plural billed-abcene)

  1. a primer with pictures
    helt fra 1532 hadde man hatt billed-abc-er i Tyskland
    ever since 1532 one has had primers with pictures in Germany
  • abc-bok (“a textbook in reading or spelling”)

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