hylle

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną, cognate with Swedish hölja, German hüllen, Dutch hullen.

• IPA^(key): /hylə/, [ˈhylə]
• Synonym: hylde

hylle (past tense hyllede, past participle hyllet)

1. to veil, cover

• indhylle
• omhylle
• tilhylle

• “hylle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hylle” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

hylle m or f (definite singular hylla or hyllen, indefinite plural hyller, definite plural hyllene)

1. a shelf
2. a ledge

• bokhylle
• fjellhylle
• hylleplass

hylle (imperative hyll, present tense hyller, simple past hyllet or hylla, past participle hyllet or hylla)

1. to eulogise; pay homage to someone

hylle f (definite singular hylla, indefinite plural hyller, definite plural hyllene)

1. a shelf
2. a ledge

• bokhylle
• fjellhylle
• hylleplass

• “hylle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hylle n

1. (biology) perianth (= kronblad (“petal, corolla”) + foderblad (“septal, calyx”))
2. (dialect) elder (Sambucus)

• (perianth): hylleblad
• (elder): fläder

• hylle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)