sylgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlca/
• Rhymes: -ɪlca

Noun

sylgja f (genitive singular sylgju, nominative plural sylgjur)

1. buckle, clasp

   Synonym: spenna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sylgja f (definite singular sylgja, indefinite plural sylgjer or sylgjor, definite plural sylgjene or sylgjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sylje
2. definite singular of sylgje (non-standard since 2012)

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from a Finnic language, from Proto-Finnic *solki.

Noun

sylgja f (genitive sylgju)

1. brooch, buckle

Declension

  Declension of sylgja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sylgja	sylgjan	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
accusative	sylgju	sylgjuna	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
dative	sylgju	sylgjunni	sylgjum	sylgjunum
genitive	sylgju	sylgjunnar	sylgna	sylgnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sylgja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sylgja, sylgje, sylje, sølje; (dialectal) sygje, sygju, sulgje
• Old Swedish: sylghia, sölghia
  • Swedish: sölja, syllga (dialectal)
• Old Danish: sølje, søylje
  •  Danish: sølje, sylle (dialectal)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sølje

References

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