hylke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • hylkje (alternative spelling)
  • hýkkji (Setesdal), hølke, hølk (dialectal forms)

Etymology

From Old Norse hylki, from Proto-Germanic *hulkiją, from a k-derivation of *hulaz (“hollow”), whence also holk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²hʏlçə/, /²hʏlkə/
  • Rhymes: -ʏlçə, -ʏlkə

Noun

hylke n (definite singular hylket, indefinite plural hylke, definite plural hylka)

  1. a tall and narrow tub or cask made of a hollowed out block of wood
    Hypernym: holk
  2. a rather large tub of wood, especially for butter
    Synonyms: ambar, holk, (mjøl)kar, bidne, ilåt
  3. a vat, wash tub
    Synonyms: stamp, vaskebalje
  4. a can to carry on the back, partly used to carry flour to and from the mill
    Hyponym: kornhylke
    Synonyms: dunk, butt
  5. (botany, zoology) husk
    1. a cartridge case
      Synonym: kruthylse
  6. (figuratively)
    1. a stiff, stubborn person
    2. a dirty person
  7. an excellent fellow
    Synonym: grepa kar

Derived terms
  • hylkehengsle
  • kornhylke
  • kumathylke (“tub with cow food”)
  • mjølkehylke
  • primhylke, brimhylke
  • skithylke (“an unbearable woman”, literally “shite tub”)
  • skjørhylke, skyrhylke
  • vasshylke

References
  • “hylke” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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