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blive, bli homograph 2

verbverb

to drown

EtymologyOpphav

av lavtysk bliven; jamfør bli (I)to become · to stay, to remain · to be (forming the passive) from Low German bliven; compare bli (I)to become · to stay, to remain · to be (forming the passive)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

drukneto drown · to be swamped, to be lost, to be drowned out to drowndrukne
  • han bleiv på sjøen he drowned at sea