sjaldan

See also: sjáldan

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• skjaldan (regional)

Etymology

From Old Norse sjaldan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjaltan/

  Rhymes: -altan

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

1. seldom, rarely

Derived terms

• sjaldan er ein báran stök
• örsjaldan

Further reading

• “sjaldan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldanē.

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

1. seldom

Descendants

• Icelandic: sjaldan
• Faroese: sjáldan, sjaldan
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjelden
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeldan
• Old Swedish: siäldan, säldan, siällan
  • Swedish: sällan
• Old Danish: siældæn
  • Danish: sjælden

Further reading

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