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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þeyja, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną. Cognate with German tauen.
Verb
tø (infinitive at tø, present tense tør, past tense tøede, perfect tense har tøet)
- to thaw
See also
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þeyja.
Verb
tø (present tense tør, past tense tødde, past participle tødd)
- to become milder, to thaw
- (intransitive, figurative) to become more obliging and sociable
References
- “tø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
tø (present tense tør, past tense tødde, past participle tøtt/tødd, passive infinitive tøast, present participle tøande, imperative tø)
- to become milder, to thaw
- Synonyms: smelte, bråne, tine
- (intransitive, figurative) to become more obliging and sociable
Noun
tø m (definite singular tøen, indefinite plural tøar, definite plural tøane)
- good, mild weather
Derived terms
Related terms
- tå (“thawed, thawed ground”)
- tåe
References
- “tø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.