DictionaryRoot: bylgja
Old Norse

bylgja

wave

1 / 1
A lightweight curtain caught by wind through an open window swells far inward in broad, rounded, wave-like folds, while its top remains attached to the curtain rod.
noun / verb

billow

BIL-oh/ˈbɪləʊ/

A large rolling swell, or to rise and move in such swells.

Etymology

The starting image is a great sea wave. The verb turns that image into movement: rising or rolling in waves, or swelling outward in a similar way.

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