hylja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

hylja (third person singular past indicative huldi, third person plural past indicative hult, supine hult)

  1. to veil, to envelop, to cover
  2. to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation of hylja (group v-19)
infinitive hylja
supine hult
participle (a7)1 hyljandi huldur
present past
first singular hyli huldi
second singular hylur huldi
third singular hylur huldi
plural hylja huldu
imperative
singular hyl!
plural hylið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huldi, supine hulið)

  1. to hide
  2. to cover

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

hylja (present tense hyl, past tense hylde, supine hylt, past participle hyld, present participle hyljande, imperative hyl)

  1. (transitive) to envelop
  2. (transitive) to hide
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

hylja (present tense hyljar, past tense and supine hylja)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of hølja

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Verb

hylja (singular past indicative huldi, plural past indicative huldu, past participle huldr or huliðr)

  1. (transitive with accusative) to hide, cover

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hylja
  • Faroese: hylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hylja, hylje (e-infinitive)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hylle
  • Old Swedish: hylja

References

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