hylja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

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hylja (third person singular past indicative huldi, third person plural past indicative hult, supine hult)

  1. to veil, to envelop, to cover
  2. to hide

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hylja (group v-19)
infinitive hylja
supine hult
participle (a7)1 hyljandi huldur
present past
first singular hyli huldi
second singular hylur huldi
third singular hylur huldi
plural hylja huldu
imperative
singular hyl!
plural hylið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huldi, supine hulið)

  1. to hide
  2. to cover

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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hylja (present tense hyl, past tense hylde, supine hylt, past participle hyld, present participle hyljande, imperative hyl)

  1. (transitive) to envelop
  2. (transitive) to hide
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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hylja (present tense hyljar, past tense and supine hylja)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of hølja

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

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hylja (singular past indicative huldi, plural past indicative huldu, past participle huldr or huliðr)

  1. (transitive with accusative) to hide, cover

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hylja
  • Faroese: hylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hylja, hylje (e-infinitive)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hylle
  • Old Swedish: hylja

References

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