lykill

From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪːcɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtl

lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar or (archaic/obsolete) luklar)

1. a key

   Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.

   Don't forget the keys on your way out.

   Ég hef þrjá lykla og tyggjó í vasanum.

   I have three keys and some gum in my pocket.

2. (music) a clef
3. (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard

   Synonyms: takki, hnappur

4. (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key
5. (botany) primula, primrose (plant of the genus Primula)

• dreifilykill
• einkalykill
• lyklaborð
• lyklakippa

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “lykill”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “lykill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “lykill”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. Akin to lúka +‎ -ill.

lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)

1. key

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lykill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive