dylja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *duljaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative duldi, supine dulið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to hide, to conceal
    Synonyms: fela, hylja, leyna

Conjugation[edit]

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Related terms[edit]

  • dul (concealment)
  • duld (neurosis, complex)
  • dulur (reticent, reserved)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

dylja (present tense dyl, past tense dulde)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of dølja

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *duljaną (to mislead).

Verb[edit]

dylja (singular past indicative duldi, plural past indicative duldu, past participle duldr)

  1. (transitive with accusative) to hide, to conceal

Conjugation[edit]

  • Note also past participle dulinn.

Related terms[edit]

  • dul f (concealment, secret; self-conceit, pride)
  • dula (to deny)
  • dulr (silent, close)

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: dylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dølja, dølje, dylja
  • Swedish: dölja
  • Danish: dølge

References[edit]

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