fylja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fylja (filly).

Pronunciation

Verb

fylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fyljaði, supine fyljað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative, of stallions) to cover, to copulate with

Conjugation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fylja f (definite singular fylja, indefinite plural fyljer or fyljor, definite plural fyljene or fyljone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fylje
  2. definite singular of fylje

Verb

fylja (present tense fyljar, past tense fylja, past participle fylja, passive infinitive fyljast, present participle fyljande, imperative fylja/fylj)

  1. Alternative form of følje

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to foli.

Noun

fylja f (genitive fylju)

  1. a filly ("young female horse")

Declension

Descendants

  • English: filly
  • Icelandic: fylja

References

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