sylgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlca/
• Rhymes: -ɪlca

Noun

sylgja f (genitive singular sylgju, nominative plural sylgjur)

1. buckle, clasp

   Synonym: spenna

Declension

Declension of sylgja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sylgja	sylgjan	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
accusative	sylgju	sylgjuna	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
dative	sylgju	sylgjunni	sylgjum	sylgjunum
genitive	sylgju	sylgjunnar	sylgna, sylgja	sylgnanna, sylgjanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sylgja f (definite singular sylgja, indefinite plural sylgjer or sylgjor, definite plural sylgjene or sylgjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sylje
2. definite singular of sylgje (non-standard since 2012)

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from a Finnic language, from Proto-Finnic *solki.

Noun

sylgja f (genitive sylgju)

1. brooch, buckle

Declension

  Declension of sylgja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sylgja	sylgjan	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
accusative	sylgju	sylgjuna	sylgjur	sylgjurnar
dative	sylgju	sylgjunni	sylgjum	sylgjunum
genitive	sylgju	sylgjunnar	sylgna	sylgnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sylgja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sylgja, sylgje, sylje, sølje; (dialectal) sygje, sygju, sulgje
• Old Swedish: sylghia, sölghia
  • Swedish: sölja, syllga (dialectal)
• Old Danish: sølje, søylje
  •  Danish: sølje, sylle (dialectal)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sølje

References

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