Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

fylkja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fylki

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

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)

Related terms edit

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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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