sjalfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *sealfʀ — Old East Norse
• sjálfr — younger western form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old English self, seolf, Old Frisian self, Old Saxon self, Old High German selb, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

sjalfr

1. self

Declension

    Strong declension of sjalfr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sjalfr	sjǫlf	sjalft
accusative	sjalfan	sjalfa	sjalft
dative	sjǫlfum	sjalfri	sjǫlfu
genitive	sjalfs	sjalfrar	sjalfs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sjalfir	sjalfar	sjǫlf
accusative	sjalfa	sjalfar	sjǫlf
dative	sjǫlfum	sjǫlfum	sjǫlfum
genitive	sjalfra	sjalfra	sjalfra

Descendants

• Icelandic: sjálfur
• Faroese: sjálvur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølv; (dialectal) sjølv'u, sjålv, sjav'e, sjåv, sjelv
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjøl
• Elfdalian: siuov
• Old Swedish: sialver, siælver, sialfr, siælfr
  • Swedish: själv, (dialectal, Finland) sjölv
• Old Danish: sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf
  • Scanian: sælver
  • Danish: selv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: selv
  • Jutish: sjæl