treyja

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰreiːja/

  Rhymes: -eiːja

  Homophones: treia

Noun

treyja f (genitive singular treyju, nominative plural treyjur)

1. sweater, jumper

Old Norse

Etymology

From Middle Low German troye, troie.

Noun

treyja f (genitive treyju)

1. jerkin
2. war-jacket

Declension

  Declension of treyja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	treyja	treyjan	treyjur	treyjurnar
accusative	treyju	treyjuna	treyjur	treyjurnar
dative	treyju	treyjunni	treyjum	treyjunum
genitive	treyju	treyjunnar	treyja	treyjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: treyja
• Faroese: troyggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trøya, trøye
• Swedish: tröja
• Danish: trøje
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trøye, (obsolete) trøie

References

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