bølle

From a gang called bøllesjakket, which took its name from its haunt, Bøllemosen (situated north of Copenhagen), which is again named after the plant bølle. The word was coined in 1885.

bølle

1. bully

From Proto-Germanic *bulljō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhljā (“testicle”), probably because of the similarity of the berry to testicles.

bølle

1. bog bilberry (bush)

• Politikens Nudansk Ordbog med etymologi, 3rd ed. (c) 2005.
• “bølle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bølle,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885.

bølle f or m (definite singular bølla or bøllen, indefinite plural bøller, definite plural bøllene)

1. brute; a brutish person
2. rascal; a trickster, troublemaker.

bølle (present tense bøller, past tense bølla or bøllet, past participle bølla or bøllet)

1. Act like a brute
2. benignly harassing

• “bølle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.