treyja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, troie.

Pronunciation

Noun

treyja f (genitive singular treyju, nominative plural treyjur)

  1. sweater, jumper

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Middle Low German troye, troie.

Noun

treyja f (genitive treyju)

  1. jerkin
  2. war-jacket

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “treyja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive