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
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sylgja sylgjan sylgjur sylgjurnar
accusative sylgju sylgjuna sylgjur sylgjurnar
dative sylgju sylgjunni sylgjum sylgjunum
genitive sylgju sylgjunnar sylgja/sylgna sylgjanna/sylgnanna

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
    •  Danish: sølje, sylle (dialectal)

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