bustyvel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • busthøvel, bustivel, busthevvill, bustivvill, bustfivvill

Etymology

The part bust- is from bust (“bristle”). The part -yvel is probably from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (like in Swedish igelkott and German Igel).

Noun

bustyvel m (definite singular bustyvelen, indefinite plural bustyvlar, definite plural bustyvlane)

  1. a hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
    Synonyms: igulkott, piggsvin
  2. a hairy person
  3. a non-existent thing children were sent to find while the adults did slaughtering of the cattle
  4. a peevish person
    Synonym: kranglefant
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