sjaldan

See also: sjáldan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjaldan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjaltan/

  Rhymes: -altan

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

1. seldom, rarely

Derived terms

• sjaldan er ein báran stök

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldana.

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

1. seldom

Descendants

• Danish: sjælden
• Faroese: sjáldan, sjaldan
• Icelandic: sjaldan

• Norwegian Bokmål: sjelden
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeldan
• Swedish: sällan (Old Swedish siäldan, säldan, siällan)

References

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