hjalt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çal̥t/
• Rhymes: -al̥t

Noun

hjalt n (genitive singular hjalts, nominative plural hjölt)

1. hilt (of a sword)

Declension

Declension of hjalt (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjalt	hjaltið	hjölt	hjöltin
accusative	hjalt	hjaltið	hjölt	hjöltin
dative	hjalti	hjaltinu	hjöltum	hjöltunum
genitive	hjalts	hjaltsins	hjalta	hjaltanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta or hjaltene)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

References

• “hjalt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jalt/, [jɐ̞l̥t]

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

Related terms

• hjolt

References

• “hjalt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *heltą. Akin to Modern English hilt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjɑlt/, [çɑlt]

Noun

hjalt n (genitive hjalt, plural hjǫlt)

1. knob at the end of a sword hilt
2. guard between hilt and blade

Declension

  Declension of hjalt (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjalt	hjaltit	hjǫlt	hjǫltin
accusative	hjalt	hjaltit	hjǫlt	hjǫltin
dative	hjalti	hjaltinu	hjǫltum	hjǫltunum
genitive	hjalts	hjaltsins	hjalta	hjaltanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjalt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjalt, hjolt
• Swedish: hjalt
• Danish: hjalt(e)

References

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