sjaldan

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See also: sjáldan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjaldan.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

  1. seldom, rarely

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldanē.

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

  1. seldom

Descendants

References

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