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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse teygja.
Verb
tøye (imperative tøy, present tense tøyer, passive tøyes, simple past tøyde, past participle tøyd, present participle tøyende)
- to stretch, extend, pull (ut / out)
References
- “tøye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “tøye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse teygja. Cognates include German ziehen.
Verb
tøye (present tense tøyer, past tense tøygde, past participle tøygd or tøygt, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøy)
- to stretch, extend, pull (ut / out)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þeyja.
- tøya (a-infinitive)
- tø (short form)
Verb
tøye (present tense tøyar, past tense tøya, past participle tøya, passive infinitive tøyast, present participle tøyande, imperative tøye/tøy)
- to become milder, to thaw
- Synonyms: smelte, bråne, tine
- (intransitive, figurative) to become more obliging and sociable
References
- “tøye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.