fylkja

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Icelandic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fylkja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fylki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fylkja

Pronunciation

Verb

fylkja (present tense fylkjer, past tense fylkte, past participle fylkt, passive infinitive fylkjast, present participle fylkjande, imperative fylk)

  1. (historical) to draw up (in battle array)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulkijaną.

Verb

fylkja

  1. to draw up (in battle array)
    fylkja hamalt
    to draw up a wedge-shaped phalanx

Conjugation

Conjugation of fylkja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fylkja
present participle fylkjandi
past participle fylktr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fylki fylkta
2nd-person singular fylkir fylktir
3rd-person singular fylkir fylkti
1st-person plural fylkjum fylktum
2nd-person plural fylkið fylktuð
3rd-person plural fylkja fylktu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fylkja fylkta
2nd-person singular fylkir fylktir
3rd-person singular fylki fylkti
1st-person plural fylkim fylktim
2nd-person plural fylkið fylktið
3rd-person plural fylki fylkti
imperative present
2nd-person singular fylk, fylki
1st-person plural fylkjum
2nd-person plural fylkið
Conjugation of fylkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fylkjask
present participle fylkjandisk
past participle fylkzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fylkjumk fylktumk
2nd-person singular fylkisk fylktisk
3rd-person singular fylkisk fylktisk
1st-person plural fylkjumsk fylktumsk
2nd-person plural fylkizk fylktuzk
3rd-person plural fylkjask fylktusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fylkjumk fylktumk
2nd-person singular fylkisk fylktisk
3rd-person singular fylkisk fylktisk
1st-person plural fylkimsk fylktimsk
2nd-person plural fylkizk fylktizk
3rd-person plural fylkisk fylktisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fylksk, fylkisk
1st-person plural fylkjumsk
2nd-person plural fylkizk

Derived terms

  • folk (“troop; people”)
  • fylki (“district, county, shire (in Norway); battalion, host (in battle)”)
  • fylkir (“chief, king”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fylkja
  • Faroese: fylkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fylkja
  • Old Swedish: fylkia
  • → Danish: fylke

References

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