slöjd

• slojd
• sloyd

Borrowed from Swedish slöjd (“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”), from Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sleight and sly.

slöjd (uncountable)

1. A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

From Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō.

• IPA^(key): /slœjd/

slöjd c

1. slöjd, sloyd, handicraft

Of the handicraft work itself, though also the name of corresponding school subjects.

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

• döljs