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hylla.

a shelf, a rack

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/hʏlːa/

  1. a shelf, a rack

    common-gender

  2. women's breasts; rack

    common-gender · slang
    Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta
Where this word comes from

Related to hjälle (“scaffolding of poles”), itself from Old Norse hjallr. Alternatively to hålla (“to hold”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla.

verb

  1. to praise

  2. to celebrate, to congratulate

  3. to pay homage to, to hail

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hylla, from Proto-Germanic *hulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz, (whence Swedish huld (“faithful, gracious, sweet”), Icelandic hollur (“loyal”)). Cognate with Icelandic hylla.

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