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trylle.

to practise magic or sorcery; to cast spells

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtrʏlː.ə/
  1. to practise magic or sorcery; to cast spells

    intransitive
    Filmen viser en verden der folk kan trylle.
  2. to practise magic or sorcery; to cast spells to cause an illness, misfortune, or another harmful condition through magic

    intransitive · transitive
  3. to enchant, bewitch, or place someone or something under a spell

    transitive
  4. With an adverbial complement, to use magic to bring something forth, make it disappear, or place it in a particular state; (figuratively) to produce or remove something with remarkable speed or skill

    Verten tryllet fram de lekreste retter.
  5. To perform tricks of magic as entertainment; to act as a magician or illusionist

    Hun lærte meg å trylle med kort.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse trylla (“to enchant; turn into a troll”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlijaną (“to perform magic, conjure”), a causative or denominative derivative of *truzlą (“troll, supernatural being”). The original sense was “to turn someone into a troll”, hence more generally “to transform or bewitch through magic”. The intransitive sense “to practise magic” and the modern sense “to perform conjuring tricks as entertainment” developed from this. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk trylle and trylla, Danish trylle, Swedish trylla, Icelandic trylla, and Middle High German Middle High German trüllen (“to juggle, deceive”).

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