hylla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hylla, from Proto-Germanic *hulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (whence Icelandic hollur (“loyal”)). The sense “pay homage to” is due to influence from Danish hylde, Middle Low German hulden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪtla/
• Rhymes: -ɪtla
• Homophone: hilla

Verb

hylla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hyllti, supine hyllt)

1. to attract the loyalty or favor of
2. to attract, allure
3. to pay homage to, acknowledge loyalty to

Conjugation

hylla – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hylla
supine sagnbót		hyllt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hyllandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hylli	hyllti		hylli	hyllti
	þú	hyllir	hylltir		hyllir	hylltir
	hann, hún, það	hyllir	hyllti		hylli	hyllti
plural	við	hyllum	hylltum		hyllum	hylltum
	þið	hyllið	hylltuð		hyllið	hylltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	hylla	hylltu		hylli	hylltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hyll (þú), hylltu
plural	þið	hyllið (þið), hylliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hyllast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hyllast
supine sagnbót		hyllst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hyllandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hyllist	hylltist		hyllist	hylltist
	þú	hyllist	hylltist		hyllist	hylltist
	hann, hún, það	hyllist	hylltist		hyllist	hylltist
plural	við	hyllumst	hylltumst		hyllumst	hylltumst
	þið	hyllist	hylltust		hyllist	hylltust
	þeir, þær, þau	hyllast	hylltust		hyllist	hylltust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hyllst (þú), hyllstu
plural	þið	hyllist (þið), hyllisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hylltur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hylltur	hyllt	hyllt	hylltir	hylltar	hyllt
accusative (þolfall)	hylltan	hyllta	hyllt	hyllta	hylltar	hyllt
dative (þágufall)	hylltum	hylltri	hylltu	hylltum	hylltum	hylltum
genitive (eignarfall)	hyllts	hylltrar	hyllts	hylltra	hylltra	hylltra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hyllti	hyllta	hyllta	hylltu	hylltu	hylltu
accusative (þolfall)	hyllta	hylltu	hyllta	hylltu	hylltu	hylltu
dative (þágufall)	hyllta	hylltu	hyllta	hylltu	hylltu	hylltu
genitive (eignarfall)	hyllta	hylltu	hyllta	hylltu	hylltu	hylltu

Derived terms

• hylling

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hyllen

Noun

hylla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hylle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hylla f

1. definite singular of hylle

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyl.lɑ/, [ˈhyɫ.ɫɑ]

Noun

hylla

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hyll

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to hjälle (“scaffolding of poles”), itself from Old Norse hjallr.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʏlːa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hylla c

1. a shelf, a rack
   • 1924, Hjalmar Bergman, Chefen Fru Ingeborg‎^[1]:

     Det led mot stängningstid, kunderna voro få, expediterna började redan ordna hyllor och fack.

     Closing time was approaching, there were few customers and the clerks were already setting the shelves and compartments in order.

2. (slang) women's breasts; rack

   Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta

   Check out the rack on that chick over there

Declension

Declension of hylla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hylla	hyllas
	definite	hyllan	hyllans
plural	indefinite	hyllor	hyllors
	definite	hyllorna	hyllornas

Derived terms

• bokhylla (“bookcase”)
• butikshylla (“store shelf”)
• hyllmeter (“meter of shelf space”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hylla, from Proto-Germanic *hulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz, (whence Swedish huld (“faithful, gracious, sweet”), Icelandic hollur (“loyal”)). Cognate with Icelandic hylla.

Verb

hylla (present hyllar, preterite hyllade, supine hyllat, imperative hylla)

1. to praise
2. to celebrate, to congratulate
3. to pay homage to, to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of hylla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	hylla		hyllas
supine	hyllat		hyllats
imperative	hylla		—
imper. plural1	hyllen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	hyllar	hyllade	hyllas	hyllades
ind. plural1	hylla	hyllade	hyllas	hyllades
subjunctive2	hylle	hyllade	hylles	hyllades
present participle		hyllande
past participle		hyllad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• hyllning

Further reading

• “hylla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)