byksa

See also: byxa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse byxa sér (“jump”), probably from Middle Low German, from Middle High German bückezen (“jump like a buck”).

Alternative forms
  • bykse (with e and split infinitives)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²bʏksɑ/

Verb

byksa (present tense bykser, past tense bykste, past participle bykst, passive infinitive byksast, present participle byksande, imperative byks)

  1. (intransitive) to jump suddenly and vigorously
    • 1894, Per Sivle, "Svolder":[1]
      So bykste han med sine Menn uti Hav.
      Then he jumped with his men into the sea.
Conjugation

This verb is conjugated as a weak verb (as seen above), and has been conjugated as a weak verb all the way back to its origins in Old Norse byxa.[2] Ivar Aasen (1848), however, notes in his grammar that it may be conjugated as a strong verb (byks – boks – bokset) in a few locations.[3] But he still sees the weak conjugation as the most correct one.[3]

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms
  • byksi (archaic)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏksɑ/

Noun

byksa n

  1. definite plural of byks

References
  1. Per Sivle (1894) “Svolder”, in Noreg [Norway]‎, Kristiania: Norli, page 24
  2. Cf. with “byxa sér”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. Ivar Aasen (1965) Norsk Grammatik [Norwegian Grammar]‎, 3rd edition, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 188: “Et Par andre Ord findes tildeels med lignende Bøining, nemlig 'veksa' […] og 'byksa', som paa nogle Steder (Nfj. og fl.) har Formerne: byks, boks, bokset; men ellers har svag Bøining, som synes at være rettere.”
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