From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old English self, seolf, Old Frisian self, Old Saxon self, Old High German selb, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).
sjalfr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | sjalfr | sjǫlf | sjalft |
accusative | sjalfan | sjalfa | sjalft |
dative | sjǫlfum | sjalfri | sjǫlfu |
genitive | sjalfs | sjalfrar | sjalfs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sjalfir | sjalfar | sjǫlf |
accusative | sjalfa | sjalfar | sjǫlf |
dative | sjǫlfum | sjǫlfum | sjǫlfum |
genitive | sjalfra | sjalfra | sjalfra |