- hvisle
- hvis|levb., -r, -de, -t
Dansk ordbog. 2015.
hvisle
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Whistle — Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical sound, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whistled — Whistle Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whistling — Whistle Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whistle — [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis , which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. => WHISPER … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
whistle — [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis , which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. Cf.⇒ WHISPER … Word origins
