lykill

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)

  1. a key
    Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.
    Don't forget the keys on your way out.
    Ég hef þrjá lykla og tyggjó í vasanum.
    I have three keys and some gum in my pocket.
  2. (music) a clef
  3. (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard
  4. (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key
  5. (botany) primula, primrose (plant of the genus Primula)

Declension

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    Declension of lykill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lykill lykillinn lyklar lyklarnir
accusative lykil lykilinn lykla lyklana
dative lykli lyklinum lyklum lyklunum
genitive lykils lykilsins lykla lyklanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. Akin to lúka +‎ -ill.

Noun

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lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)

  1. key

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lykill m
  • Faroese: lykil m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lykel m
  • Old Swedish: lykel
  • Old Danish: lykæl
  • Old Norse: nykill (see there for further descendants)

References

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