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sulla.

to splash around, to splash about

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈsʏtla]
  1. to splash around, to splash about

    weak
    Ég vil sulla í pollinum!
    Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.
  2. to spill

    weak
    Ég sullaði mjólkinni.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sulla (“to swill”), perhaps from Old Norse sollr, *sullr (“swill, slop for pigs”), from Proto-Germanic *swulaz (“swill”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with English swill. Compare also Old Norse svalla (“to drink heavily, swill”).

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