sjón

See also: sjon, sjön, and -sjon

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz, whence also sýn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔuːn/

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, plural sjónir)

  1. vision, sight
  2. view

Declension

f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjón sjónin sjónir sjónirnar
accusative sjón sjónina sjónir sjónirnar
dative sjón sjónini sjónum sjónunum
genitive sjónar sjónarinnar sjóna sjónanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjouːn/
    Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir)

  1. a vision, sight, eyesight
  2. a glimpse, sight, seeing
  3. a spectacle, scene, sight

Declension

Declension of sjón (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjón sjónin sjónir sjónirnar
accusative sjón sjónina sjónir sjónirnar
dative sjón sjóninni sjónum sjónunum
genitive sjónar sjónarinnar sjóna sjónanna

Derived terms

  • að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir (“to seem strange to someone”)
  • leiða fyrir sjónir (“to convince someone of something”)
  • missa sjónar á (“to lose sight of something”)
  • missa sjónina (“to go blind, lose one's sight”)
  • sjón er sögu ríkari (“seeing is believing”, literally “seeing is more valuable than a story”)
  • vera ekki sjón að sjá (“(of someone) to look appalling”)
  • þekkja í sjón (“to know someone by sight, to know someone in sight”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sjón f

  1. sight, eyesight
  2. look

Declension

Declension of sjón (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjón sjónin sjónir sjónirnar
accusative sjón sjónina sjónir sjónirnar
dative sjón sjóninni sjónum sjónunum
genitive sjónar sjónarinnar sjóna sjónanna

Derived terms

  • augsjón f (“sight”)
  • sjónarvitni n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
  • sjónarváttr m (“eye-witness”)
  • sjónarvætti n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
  • sjónarvǫrðr m (“look-out man”)
  • sjónhagr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
  • sjónhannar (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
  • sjónhannr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
  • sjónhending f (“line of sight”)
  • sjónhenni n (“sharpness of eyesight”)
  • sjónhverfiligr (“eye-deceiving”)
  • sjónhverfing f (“ocular delusion”)
  • sjónlauss (“blind”)
  • sjónleysi n (“blindness”)
  • skuggsjón f (“mirror”)
  • umsjón f (“oversight, care, supervision”)
  • undrsjón f (“a spectacle (to see)”)
  • viðrsjón f (“a warning, a thing to be shunned”)
  • yfirsjón f (“supervision, inspection; appearance”)
  • ásjón f (“appearance”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sjón
  • Faroese: sjón
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjon, sjun

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sjón”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 365; also available at the Internet Archive
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