hylja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

hylja (third person singular past indicative huldi, third person plural past indicative hult, supine hult)

1. to veil, to envelop, to cover
2. to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation of hylja (group v-19)

infinitive	hylja
supine	hult
	present	past
first singular	hyli	huldi
second singular	hylur	huldi
third singular	hylur	huldi
plural	hylja	huldu
participle (a7)1	hyljandi	huldur
	imperative
singular	hyl!
plural	hylið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlja/

  Rhymes: -ɪlja

Verb

hylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huldi, supine hulið)

1. to hide

   Synonym: fela

2. to cover

   Synonym: þekja

Conjugation

hylja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hylja
supine (sagnbót)		hulið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hyljandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hyl	við hyljum	present (nútíð)	ég hylji	við hyljum
	þú hylur	þið hyljið		þú hyljir	þið hyljið
	hann, hún, það hylur	þeir, þær, þau hylja		hann, hún, það hylji	þeir, þær, þau hylji
past (þátíð)	ég huldi	við huldum	past (þátíð)	ég hyldi	við hyldum
	þú huldir	þið hulduð		þú hyldir	þið hylduð
	hann, hún, það huldi	þeir, þær, þau huldu		hann, hún, það hyldi	þeir, þær, þau hyldu
imperative (boðháttur)	hyl (þú)	hyljið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hyldu	hyljiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hyljast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hyljast
supine (sagnbót)		hulist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hyljandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hylst	við hyljumst	present (nútíð)	ég hyljist	við hyljumst
	þú hylst	þið hyljist		þú hyljist	þið hyljist
	hann, hún, það hylst	þeir, þær, þau hyljast		hann, hún, það hyljist	þeir, þær, þau hyljist
past (þátíð)	ég huldist	við huldumst	past (þátíð)	ég hyldist	við hyldumst
	þú huldist	þið huldust		þú hyldist	þið hyldust
	hann, hún, það huldist	þeir, þær, þau huldust		hann, hún, það hyldist	þeir, þær, þau hyldust
imperative (boðháttur)	hylst (þú)	hylist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hylstu	hylisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hulinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hulinn	hulin	hulið		huldir	huldar	hulin
accusative (þolfall)	hulinn	hulda	hulið		hulda	huldar	hulin
dative (þágufall)	huldum	hulinni	huldu		huldum	huldum	huldum
genitive (eignarfall)	hulins	hulinnar	hulins		hulinna	hulinna	hulinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	huldi	hulda	hulda		huldu	huldu	huldu
accusative (þolfall)	hulda	huldu	hulda		huldu	huldu	huldu
dative (þágufall)	hulda	huldu	hulda		huldu	huldu	huldu
genitive (eignarfall)	hulda	huldu	hulda		huldu	huldu	huldu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Alternative forms

• hylje (e-infinitive)

Verb

hylja (present tense hyl, past tense hylde, supine hylt, past participle hyld, present participle hyljande, imperative hyl)

1. (transitive) to envelop
2. (transitive) to hide

Derived terms

• hylja inn

Etymology 2

Verb

hylja (present tense hyljar, past tense and supine hylja)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of hølja

References

• “hylja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

hylja (singular past indicative huldi, plural past indicative huldu, past participle huldr or huliðr)

1. to hide, cover [with accusative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of hylja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hylja
present participle	hyljandi
past participle	huldr, huliðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hyl	hulda
2nd-person singular	hylr	huldir
3rd-person singular	hylr	huldi
1st-person plural	hyljum	huldum
2nd-person plural	hylið	hulduð
3rd-person plural	hylja	huldu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hylja	hylda
2nd-person singular	hylir	hyldir
3rd-person singular	hyli	hyldi
1st-person plural	hylim	hyldim
2nd-person plural	hylið	hyldið
3rd-person plural	hyli	hyldi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hyl
1st-person plural	hyljum
2nd-person plural	hylið

Conjugation of hylja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hyljask
present participle	hyljandisk
past participle	hulzk, hulizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hyljumk	huldumk
2nd-person singular	hylsk	huldisk
3rd-person singular	hylsk	huldisk
1st-person plural	hyljumsk	huldumsk
2nd-person plural	hylizk	hulduzk
3rd-person plural	hyljask	huldusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hyljumk	hyldumk
2nd-person singular	hylisk	hyldisk
3rd-person singular	hylisk	hyldisk
1st-person plural	hylimsk	hyldimsk
2nd-person plural	hylizk	hyldizk
3rd-person plural	hylisk	hyldisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hylsk
1st-person plural	hyljumsk
2nd-person plural	hylizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hylja
• Faroese: hylja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hylja, hylje (e-infinitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hylle
• Old Swedish: hylja
  • Swedish: hölja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hylja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive