hylja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną. === Verb === hylja (third person singular past indicative huldi, third person plural past indicative hult, supine hult) to veil, to envelop, to cover to hide ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɪlja] Rhymes: -ɪlja === Verb === hylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huldi, supine hulið) to hide Synonym: fela to cover Synonym: þekja ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hylja, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== hylje (e-infinitive) ==== Verb ==== hylja (present tense hyl, past tense hylde, supine hylt, past participle hyld, present participle hyljande, imperative hyl) (transitive) to envelop (transitive) to hide ===== Derived terms ===== hylja inn === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hylja (present tense hyljar, past tense and supine hylja) (pre-1938) alternative form of hølja === References === “hylja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *huljaną. To the same root as hel (“the death”). === Verb === hylja (singular past indicative huldi, plural past indicative huldu, past participle huldr or huliðr) to hide, cover [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== *hæla (“to hide, cover, veil, protect, defend”) (to Proto-Germanic *helaną) Danish hæle (“to veil, to fence in”) Swedish häla (“to hide, cover, protect, defend”) → hälande/hälanne (“courage”) *hælaði (“protector”) (to Proto-Germanic *haliþaz) Old Swedish hæladhe (“hero”) hǫldr (“hero”), halr (“man”) (to Proto-Germanic *haliþaz) ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: hylja Icelandic: hylja Norwegian Bokmål: hylle Norwegian Nynorsk: hylja, hylje (e-infinitive) Old Swedish: hylia Swedish: hölja, (dialectal) hylja, ⇒ hyla, hula (cf. hul (“a borrow”), hål (“hole”), Old High German helid (“hut”)) Old Norse: *hylʀ (“one who hides”) Old Swedish: *hyler Swedish: (dialectal) hyler (“one who tries to hide/avoids contact; troublemaker, false person”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hylja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive