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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
grøft + -e- + fyll, first part from Old Norse grǫptr, grǫftr (“digging, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), from *grabaną + *þuz, first part from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”). Last part from Old Norse fylla (“to fill, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to fill, make full”), from *fullaz + *-janą, first part from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrœftəfʏl/
- Rhymes: -ʏl
- Hyphenation: grøf‧te‧fyll
Noun
grøftefyll f or m (definite singular grøftefylla or grøftefyllen, indefinite plural grøftefyller, definite plural grøftefyllene)
- (colloquial) drinking outdoors (in lack of a better place to be)
1986 July 24, Aftenposten Aften, page 7:sommerens karneval sto i grøftefyllas tegn- this summer's carnival was marked by drinking outside
2005, Universitas:natt til første mai, nasjonaldagen for grøftefyll blant befolkningens fjortiser- night to the first of May, the national day for drinking outside among the population's teenyboppers
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