nebb m or n (definite singular nebben or nebbet, indefinite plural nebb, definite plural nebbene or nebba)

1. a beak or bill (usually of birds)

• gulnebblom
• nebbdyr
• storkenebb

• “nebb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nabją n, with unknown origin.

nebb m or n (definite singular nebben or nebbet, indefinite plural nebbar or nebb, definite plural nebbane or nebba)

1. a beak or bill (usually of birds)

• gulnebblom
• nebbdyr
• nebbkval
• storkenebb

• “nebb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• neb

From Proto-West Germanic *nabi, from Proto-Germanic *nabją. Akin to Old Norse nef, Middle Low German nebbe and Middle Dutch nebbe.

• IPA^(key): /nebb/, [neb]

nebb n

1. face
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

     He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige.

     He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.

   • Wonders of the East

     Ðǣr beoð akende men, ðā beoð fiftȳne fōta lange ⁊ hī habbað hwīt līċ ⁊ tū neb on ānum hēafde, fēt ⁊ cnēowu swīðe rēad, ⁊ lange nosu ⁊ sweart feax.

     Men are born there who are fifteen feet tall. They have white bodies, two faces on each head, feet and knees that are very red, long noses, and black hair.

2. nose
3. bill or beak

Strong a-stem:

• English: neb, nib, nibble