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kravle

verbverb

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt krafla Old Norse krafla

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. ta seg fram på hender og føtter;
    krabbe, krype;
    slepe seg fram
    to move along on hands and knees;
    to crawl, to creep;
    to drag oneself along
    • ungen kravlet på gulvet the child was crawling about on the floor
    • kravle seg opp en skråning to clamber up a slope
  2. vrimleto swarm, yre (II)to teem, myldreto throng to swarmvrimle, to teemyre (II), to throngmyldre
    • bedervet mat som det kravlet og krøp mark i spoilt food that was crawling and creeping with maggots