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hylke

Pronunciation: /²hʏlçə/

“hylke” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tall and narrow tub or cask made of a hollowed out block of wood
  2. a rather large tub of wood, especially for butter
  3. a vat, wash tub
  4. a can to carry on the back, partly used to carry flour to and from the mill
  5. husk
  6. a cartridge case
  7. a stiff, stubborn person
  8. a dirty person
  9. an excellent fellow

Etymology

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

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