hjalt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çal̥t/
• Rhymes: -al̥t

Noun

hjalt n (genitive singular hjalts, nominative plural hjölt)

1. hilt (of a sword)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta or hjaltene)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

References

• “hjalt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jalt/, [jɐ̞l̥t]

Noun

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

Related terms

• hjolt

References

• “hjalt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *heltą. Akin to Modern English hilt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjɑlt/, [çɑlt]

Noun

hjalt n (genitive hjalt, plural hjǫlt)

1. knob at the end of a sword hilt
2. guard between hilt and blade

Declension

  Declension of hjalt (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjalt	hjaltit	hjǫlt	hjǫltin
accusative	hjalt	hjaltit	hjǫlt	hjǫltin
dative	hjalti	hjaltinu	hjǫltum	hjǫltunum
genitive	hjalts	hjaltsins	hjalta	hjaltanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjalt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjalt, hjolt
• Swedish: hjalt

References

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