fylkja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fylkja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fylki

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fylkja

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fylkja (present tense fylkjer, past tense fylkte, past participle fylkt, passive infinitive fylkjast, present participle fylkjande, imperative fylk)

  1. (historical) to draw up (in battle array)
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fulkijaną.

Verb

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fylkja

  1. to draw up (in battle array)
    fylkja hamalt
    to draw up a wedge-shaped phalanx

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • folk (troop; people)
  • fylki (district, county, shire (in Norway); battalion, host (in battle))
  • fylkir (chief, king)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fylkja
  • Faroese: fylkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fylkja
  • Old Swedish: fylkia
  • Danish: fylke

References

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