mylja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative muldi, supine mulið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to grind, to pulverise, to crush
    Synonym: mala

Conjugation[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

  • moli (fragment, piece, crumb)
  • mulningur (ground stones; bearberry)
  • mylsna (dust; crumbs)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną. This makes mylja a split infinitive verb. The noun was derived from the verb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mylja (present tense myl, past tense mulde, supine mult, past participle muld, present participle myljande, imperative myl)

  1. to smash, mush, grind

Noun[edit]

mylja f (plural mylja)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of mølje

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Verb[edit]

mylja (singular past indicative muldi, plural past indicative muldu, past participle muldr)

  1. to crush to pieces

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: mylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mylja, mylje

References[edit]

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