síld
See also: sild and šild
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse síld, from Proto-Germanic *sīlą. More at sile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silt/
- Rhymes: -ilt
Noun
síld f (genitive singular síldar, nominative plural síldir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | síld | síldin | síldir | síldirnar |
| accusative | síld | síldina | síldir | síldirnar |
| dative | síld | síldinni | síldum | síldunum |
| genitive | síldar | síldarinnar | sílda | síldanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Compare síl.
Noun
síld f
Descendants
- see the list in *sīlą
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “síld”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
- Gerhard Köbler (2014) “Altnordisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse dictionary]”, in https://koeblergerhard.de (in German), 4th edition
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “síld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive