hjalt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /çal̥t/
  • Rhymes: -al̥t

Noun

hjalt n (genitive singular hjalts, nominative plural hjölt)

  1. hilt (of a sword)

Declension
declension of hjalt
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjalt hjaltið hjölt hjöltin
accusative hjalt hjaltið hjölt hjöltin
dative hjalti hjaltinu hjöltum hjöltunum
genitive hjalts hjaltsins hjalta hjaltanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta or hjaltene)

  1. hilt (of a sword)
  2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
  3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jalt/, [jɐ̞l̥t]

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta)

  1. hilt (of a sword)
  2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
  3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *heltą. Akin to Modern English hilt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hjɑlt/, [çɑlt]

Noun

hjalt n (genitive hjalt, plural hjǫlt)

  1. knob at the end of a sword hilt
  2. guard between hilt and blade

Declension
  Declension of hjalt (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjalt hjaltit hjǫlt hjǫltin
accusative hjalt hjaltit hjǫlt hjǫltin
dative hjalti hjaltinu hjǫltum hjǫltunum
genitive hjalts hjaltsins hjalta hjaltanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hjalt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjalt, hjolt
  • Swedish: hjalt

References
  • “hjalt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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