selja

Estonian

Noun

selja

1. genitive singular of selg

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)

1. to sell

Conjugation

Synonyms

• avreiða

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseljɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eljɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sel‧ja

Noun

selja

1. elder (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “selja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Eljas

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)

1. (ditransitive) to sell

   Synonym: versla

2. (ditransitive) to hand over

   Synonym: afhenda

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).

Noun

selja f (genitive singular selju, nominative plural seljur)

1. sallow, goat willow (Salix caprea)

Declension

Derived terms

• steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• seljen

Noun

selja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of selje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Alternative forms

• selje (e infinitive)

Verb

selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)

1. to sell

   Dei selde mesteparten.

   They sold most of it.

Etymology 2

Noun

selja f

1. definite singular of selje

References

• “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja

1. (ditransitive) to hand over, deliver
2. (transitive) to sell, part with

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.

Noun

selja f (genitive selju)

1. sallow, willow Salix caprea

Declension

Descendants

References

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

selja

1. genitive plural of sel