pusle

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English

Noun

pusle (plural pusles)

  1. Alternative spelling of puzzel (harlot)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Low German pusselen.

Verb

pusle (imperative pusl, infinitive at pusle, present tense pusler, past tense puslede, perfect tense puslet)

  1. (transitive) nurse
    • 2016, Tove Kofoed, Kvinden, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Hun puslede hende, hun legede med hende, og hun beundrede hende, når hun sov i løbet af dagen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2008, Hanne Reintoft, Last og brast, ArtPeople, →ISBN:
      Den nyfødte skreg på mors mælk, og hendes mormor skiftede og puslede hende.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2009, Mari Jungstedt, Den døende Dandy, ArtPeople, →ISBN:
      Tænkte på Johan, mens hun puslede hende.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) rustle, make soft movement noises
    • 2016, Birte Kont, En by i Rusland, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Det puslede inde i væggen som af tusinde mus, ...
      There was a rustling inside the wall as of thousand mice, ...
    • 2014, Per Bloch, Ti, tyve, tredive, C&K Forlag, →ISBN:
      Noget puslede inde i soveværelset.
      Something rustled in the bedroom.
  3. (intransitive) potter about

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pusle (present tense puslar, past tense pusla, past participle pusla, passive infinitive puslast, present participle puslande, imperative pusle/pusl)

  1. Alternative form of pusla