sylgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪlca/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlca

Noun

sylgja f (genitive singular sylgju, nominative plural sylgjur)

  1. buckle, clasp
    Synonym: spenna

Declension

Declension of sylgja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sylgja sylgjan sylgjur sylgjurnar
accusative sylgju sylgjuna sylgjur sylgjurnar
dative sylgju sylgjunni sylgjum sylgjunum
genitive sylgju sylgjunnar sylgna, sylgja sylgnanna, sylgjanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sylgja f (definite singular sylgja, indefinite plural sylgjer or sylgjor, definite plural sylgjene or sylgjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sylje
  2. definite singular of sylgje (non-standard since 2012)

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from a Finnic language, from Proto-Finnic *solki.

Noun

sylgja f (genitive sylgju)

  1. brooch, buckle

Declension

Declension of sylgja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sylgja sylgjan sylgjur sylgjurnar
accusative sylgju sylgjuna sylgjur sylgjurnar
dative sylgju sylgjunni sylgjum sylgjunum
genitive sylgju sylgjunnar sylgna sylgnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sylgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sylgja, sylgje, sylje, sølje; (dialectal) sygje, sygju, sulgje
  • Old Swedish: sylghia, sölghia
    • Swedish: sölja, syllga (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: sølje, søylje

Further reading

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