grøftefyll

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

grøft +‎ -e- +‎ fyll, first part from Old Norse grǫptr, grǫftr (“digging, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), from *grabaną + *þuz, first part from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”). Last part from Old Norse fylla (“to fill, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to fill, make full”), from *fullaz + *-janą, first part from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrœftəfʏl/

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• Rhymes: -ʏl
• Hyphenation: grøf‧te‧fyll

Noun

grøftefyll f or m (definite singular grøftefylla or grøftefyllen, indefinite plural grøftefyller, definite plural grøftefyllene)

1. (colloquial) drinking outdoors (in lack of a better place to be)
   • 1986 July 24, Aftenposten Aften, page 7:

     sommerens karneval sto i grøftefyllas tegn

     this summer's carnival was marked by drinking outside

   • 2005, Universitas:

     natt til første mai, nasjonaldagen for grøftefyll blant befolkningens fjortiser

     night to the first of May, the national day for drinking outside among the population's teenyboppers

References

• “grøftefyll” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).