selja

selja

1. genitive singular of selg

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)

1. to sell

• avreiða

Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseljɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ljɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eljɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sel‧ja
• Hyphenation^(key): sel‧ja

selja

1. elder (tree)

• “selja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Eljas

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)

1. (ditransitive) to sell

   Synonym: versla

   Synonym: afhenda

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).

selja f (genitive singular selju, nominative plural seljur)

1. sallow, goat willow (Salix caprea)

• steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)

• seljen

selja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of selje

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

• selje (e infinitive)

selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)

1. to sell

   Dei selde mesteparten.

   They sold most of it.

selja f

1. definite singular of selje

• “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

selja

1. (ditransitive) to deliver
2. (transitive) to sell

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

From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.

selja f (genitive selju)

1. sallow, willow Salix caprea

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

selja

1. genitive plural of sel

selja

1. misspelling of sälja