bli
Norwegian
/bli/
verb
Definitions
- to stay, remain.
- (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be
- (change, development over time) to become, get, go.
- to be, become, will, going to, turn out,
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Norwegian blífa derived from Middle Low German bliven (remain).
Origin
Middle Low German
bliven
Gloss
remain
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Cognates and derived terms
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- blive Norwegian Bokmål
- forbli Norwegian Bokmål
- til Norwegian Bokmål
- tilblivelse Norwegian Bokmål
- vorde Norwegian Bokmål
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- bli Norwegian Nynorsk
- bliva Norwegian Nynorsk
- blive Norwegian Nynorsk
- verta Norwegian Nynorsk
- verte Norwegian Nynorsk
- verða Old Norse
- blive Danish
- verða Icelandic
- blíva Faroese
- verða Faroese
- bliven Middle Low German
- vorbliven Middle Low German
- bilīvan Old Saxon
- bilīƀan Old Saxon
- varþa Old Swedish
- værþa Old Swedish
- warthæ Old Danish
- werda Elfdalian
- blífa Middle Norwegian