fylkja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

fylkja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fylki

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fylkja

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fylkja (present tense fylkjer, past tense fylkte, past participle fylkt, passive infinitive fylkjast, present participle fylkjande, imperative fylk)

  1. (historical) to draw up (in battle array)

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fulkiją, from *fulką.

Verb[edit]

fylkja

  1. to draw up (in battle array)
    fylkja hamalt
    to draw up a wedge-shaped phalanx

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Related terms[edit]

  • folk (troop; people)
  • fylki (district, county, shire (in Norway); battalion, host (in battle))
  • fylkir (chief, king)

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: fylkja
  • Faroese: fylkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fylkja
  • Old Swedish: fylkia
  • Danish: fylke

References[edit]

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