mylja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

mylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative muldi, supine mulið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to grind, to pulverise, to crush
    Synonym: mala

Conjugation

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mylja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að mylja
supine
(sagnbót) 		mulið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		myljandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég myl við myljum present
(nútíð) 		ég mylji við myljum
þú mylur þið myljið þú myljir þið myljið
hann, hún, það mylur þeir, þær, þau mylja hann, hún, það mylji þeir, þær, þau mylji
past
(þátíð) 		ég muldi við muldum past
(þátíð) 		ég myldi við myldum
þú muldir þið mulduð þú myldir þið mylduð
hann, hún, það muldi þeir, þær, þau muldu hann, hún, það myldi þeir, þær, þau myldu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		myl (þú) myljið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
myldu myljiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
myljast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að myljast
supine
(sagnbót) 		mulist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		myljandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég mylst við myljumst present
(nútíð) 		ég myljist við myljumst
þú mylst þið myljist þú myljist þið myljist
hann, hún, það mylst þeir, þær, þau myljast hann, hún, það myljist þeir, þær, þau myljist
past
(þátíð) 		ég muldist við muldumst past
(þátíð) 		ég myldist við myldumst
þú muldist þið muldust þú myldist þið myldust
hann, hún, það muldist þeir, þær, þau muldust hann, hún, það myldist þeir, þær, þau myldust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		mylst (þú) mylist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
mylstu mylisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
mulinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		mulinn mulin mulið muldir muldar mulin
accusative
(þolfall) 		mulinn mulda mulið mulda muldar mulin
dative
(þágufall) 		muldum mulinni muldu muldum muldum muldum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		mulins mulinnar mulins mulinna mulinna mulinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		muldi mulda mulda muldu muldu muldu
accusative
(þolfall) 		mulda muldu mulda muldu muldu muldu
dative
(þágufall) 		mulda muldu mulda muldu muldu muldu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		mulda muldu mulda muldu muldu muldu

Derived terms

  • moli (“fragment, piece, crumb”)
  • mulningur (“ground stones; bearberry”)
  • mylsna (“dust; crumbs”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną. This makes mylja a split infinitive verb. The noun was derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

Verb

mylja (present tense myl, past tense mulde, supine mult, past participle muld, present participle myljande, imperative myl)

  1. to smash, mush, grind

Noun

mylja f (plural mylja)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of mølje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Verb

mylja (singular past indicative muldi, plural past indicative muldu, past participle muldr)

  1. to crush to pieces

Conjugation

Conjugation of mylja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive mylja
present participle myljandi
past participle muldr, muliðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular myl mulda
2nd-person singular mylr muldir
3rd-person singular mylr muldi
1st-person plural myljum muldum
2nd-person plural mylið mulduð
3rd-person plural mylja muldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mylja mylda
2nd-person singular mylir myldir
3rd-person singular myli myldi
1st-person plural mylim myldim
2nd-person plural mylið myldið
3rd-person plural myli myldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular myl
1st-person plural myljum
2nd-person plural mylið
Conjugation of mylja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive myljask
present participle myljandisk
past participle mulzk, mulizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular myljumk muldumk
2nd-person singular mylsk muldisk
3rd-person singular mylsk muldisk
1st-person plural myljumsk muldumsk
2nd-person plural mylizk mulduzk
3rd-person plural myljask muldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular myljumk myldumk
2nd-person singular mylisk myldisk
3rd-person singular mylisk myldisk
1st-person plural mylimsk myldimsk
2nd-person plural mylizk myldizk
3rd-person plural mylisk myldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular mylsk
1st-person plural myljumsk
2nd-person plural mylizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mylja, mylje

References

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