slœgð

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, equivalent to slœgr (“sly”) +‎ -ð (“-th”).

Noun

slœgð f

1. trick, sleight, slyness

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: sløgd
• Old Swedish: sløghþ
  • Swedish: slöjd
    • → English: slöjd/sloyd/slojd
    • → Danish: sløjd
    • → Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sløyd
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: sløyd
    • → Dutch: slöjd
• → Middle English: sleighte, sleght, sleythe
  • English: sleight

References

• slöjd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)