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lykja

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lykja.

Verb

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lykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lukti, supine lukið)

  1. to shut, to close
    Synonym: loka
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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lykja f (genitive singular lykju, nominative plural lykjur)

  1. ampoule
    Synonyms: ampúla, lyfjabiða
Declension
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (to close, shut) (see the related *lūkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend, fold, turn). Doublet of lúka.

Verb

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lykja (singular past indicative lukti, plural past indicative luktu, past participle luktr)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lykja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lykkja
  • Old Swedish: lykkia
  • Danish: lukke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lukke
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: lukka

Further reading

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