himla

• (verb): himle (e- and split infinitive)

From the nouns himmel m (“sky”) and himling m (“ceiling boards and tiles”). In senses 5, 6, and 7 of the verb, may have something to do with Old Norse híma. The adjective is derived from the verb.

himla (present tense himlar, past tense himla, past participle himla, passive infinitive himlast, present participle himlande, imperative himla/himl)

1. (intransitive) to roll (one's eyes)

   Hanna himla med auga

   Hannah rolled her eyes

2. (intransitive) to turn one's eyes upwards, affectionately
3. (intransitive, meteorology) to clear up
4. (transitive, intransitive) to tile or board a ceiling
5. (intransitive) to daydream
6. (intransitive) to doze, snooze; doze off
7. (intransitive, humorous) to die

himla (singular and plural himla)

1. which has a boarded or tiled ceiling
2. big, tremendous

   Synonym: himlande

himla

1. (colloquial) awfully, terribly, very; Used as an intensifier.

• “himla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• himal-

From himmel (“heaven”).

himla (not comparable)

1. (informal) awfully, terribly, very (as an intensifier)

   Det är så himla bra!

   It's so terribly good!

himla (present himlar, preterite himlade, supine himlat, imperative himla)

1. to roll one's eyes (turn one's eyes upwards, to express cynical disapproval or the like)

   Aili himlade med ögonen och suckade tyst.

   Aili rolled her eyes and sighed quietly.

• himla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• himla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• himla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Hilma