skylle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Germanic *skuljan.

Verb

skylle (imperative skyll, present tense skyller, passive skylles, simple past skyllet or skylte, past participle skyllet or skylt, present participle skyllende)

to pour (water, rain)
to rinse, wash (clothes, dishes, vegetables, one's mouth)
to wash (action of water; wash up on a beach, wash overboard)
to engulf, sweep (over someone)

See also

skylje, skylja (Nynorsk)

References

“skylle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“skylle_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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