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hylla

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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hylla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hylla
supine sagnbót hyllt
present participle
hyllandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
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 hyllast
supine sagnbót hyllst
present participle
hyllandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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hylla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hylle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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hylla f

  1. definite singular of hylle

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxyl.lɑ/, [ˈhyɫ.ɫɑ]

Noun

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hylla

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hyll

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hʏlːa/
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Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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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

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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
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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
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Further reading

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