treyja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, troie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʰreiːja/
- Rhymes: -eiːja
- Homophone: treia
Noun
treyja f (genitive singular treyju, nominative plural treyjur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | treyja | treyjan | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| accusative | treyju | treyjuna | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| dative | treyju | treyjunni | treyjum | treyjunum |
| genitive | treyju | treyjunnar | treyja | treyjanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Middle Low German troye, troie, possibly from Old French troie (“coat from Troyes”).
Noun
treyja f (genitive treyju)
- jerkin
- war-jacket
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | treyja | treyjan | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| accusative | treyju | treyjuna | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| dative | treyju | treyjunni | treyjum | treyjunum |
| genitive | treyju | treyjunnar | treyja | treyjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: treyja
- Faroese: troyggja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trøya, trøye
- Swedish: tröja
- Danish: trøje
- Norwegian Bokmål: trøye, (obsolete) trøie
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “treyja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive