lykill
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)
- a key
- Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.
- Don't forget the keys on your way out.
- (music) a clef
- (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard
- (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key
- (botany) primula, primrose (plant of the genus Primula)
Declension edit
declension of lykill
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. Akin to lúka + -ill.
Noun edit
lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)
Declension edit
Declension of lykill (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lykill | lykillinn | lyklar, luklar | lyklarnir, luklarnir |
accusative | lykil | lykilinn | lykla, lukla | lyklana, luklana |
dative | lykli, lukli | lyklinum, luklinum | lyklum, luklum | lyklunum, luklunum |
genitive | lykils | lykilsins | lykla, lukla | lyklanna, luklanna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press