skylla

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From skuld (debt) and its archaic form skull (behalf), originally meaning to be in debt, i.e. to be the one who needs to pay for something. Hence the roles have switched from carrying blame to putting blame.

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

skylla (present skyller, preterite skyllde, supine skyllt, imperative skyll)

(transitively with på) to blame
Vi tänker skylla på Nisse
We are going to blame Nisse

Jag skyller på otur
I blame bad luck

De misstänkta skyller på varandra
The suspects blame each other

Sjunken i elände, skyllde han sina motgångar på yttre omständigheter
Sunken in misery, he blamed his misfortune on external circumstances
(with för to specify the accusation) to accuse
Synonyms: (more common) anklaga, (more common) beskylla

De skyller mig för att vara lögnare
They accuse me of being a liar

Jag skylls för att vara lögnare
I am being accused of being a liar
(archaic) to owe, to be in debt, to be indebted, to carry blame
Tag mot dem som en skatt den jag dig skyller (translation by Hagberg)
Receive them then, the tribute that I owe (Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act 1)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of skylla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skylla		skyllas
Supine	skyllt		skyllts
Imperative	skyll		—
Imper. plural¹	skyllen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	skyller	skyllde	skylls, skylles	skylldes
Ind. plural¹	skylla	skyllde	skyllas	skylldes
Subjunctive²	skylle	skyllde	skylles	skylldes
	Participles
Present participle	skyllande
Past participle	skylld
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms edit