treyja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, troie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰreiːja/

  Rhymes: -eiːja

  Homophone: treia

Noun

treyja f (genitive singular treyju, nominative plural treyjur)

1. sweater, jumper

Declension

Declension of treyja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	treyja	treyjan	treyjur	treyjurnar
accusative	treyju	treyjuna	treyjur	treyjurnar
dative	treyju	treyjunni	treyjum	treyjunum
genitive	treyju	treyjunnar	treyja	treyjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Middle Low German troye, troie.

Noun

treyja f (genitive treyju)

1. jerkin
2. war-jacket

Declension

Declension of treyja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	treyja	treyjan	treyjur	treyjurnar
accusative	treyju	treyjuna	treyjur	treyjurnar
dative	treyju	treyjunni	treyjum	treyjunum
genitive	treyju	treyjunnar	treyja	treyjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: treyja
• Faroese: troyggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trøya, trøye
• Swedish: tröja
• Danish: trøje
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trøye, (obsolete) trøie

Further reading

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