Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mylja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative muldi, supine mulið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to grind, to pulverise, to crush
    Synonym: mala

Conjugation edit

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Derived terms edit

  • moli (fragment, piece, crumb)
  • mulningur (ground stones; bearberry)
  • mylsna (dust; crumbs)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mylja, from Proto-Germanic *muljaną. This makes mylja a split infinitive verb. The noun was derived from the verb.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mylja (present tense myl, past tense mulde, supine mult, past participle muld, present participle myljande, imperative myl)

  1. to smash, mush, grind

Noun edit

mylja f (plural mylja)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of mølje

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *muljaną.

Verb edit

mylja (singular past indicative muldi, plural past indicative muldu, past participle muldr)

  1. to crush to pieces

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: mylja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mylja, mylje

References edit

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