sjón

See also: sjon, sjön, and -sjon

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz, whence also sýn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔuːn/

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, plural sjónir)

1. vision, sight
2. view

Declension

Declension of sjón
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjónini	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir)

1. a vision, sight, eyesight
2. a glimpse, sight, seeing
3. a spectacle, scene, sight

Declension

declension of sjón

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjóninni	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Derived terms

• að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir (“to seem strange to somebody”)
• leiða fyrir sjónir (“to convince somebody of something”)
• missa sjónar á (“to lose sight of something”)
• missa sjónina (“to go blind, lose one's sight”)
• sjón er sögu ríkari (“seeing is believing”, literally “seeing is more valuable than a story”)
• vera ekki sjón að sjá (“(of somebody) to look appalling”)
• þekkja í sjón (“to know somebody by sight, to know somebody in sight”)

 

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sýn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sjón f

1. sight, eyesight
2. look

Declension

  Declension of sjón (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjóninni	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Derived terms

• augsjón f (“sight”)
• sjónarvitni n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
• sjónarváttr m (“eye-witness”)
• sjónarvætti n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
• sjónarvǫrðr m (“look-out man”)
• sjónhagr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
• sjónhannar (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
• sjónhannr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
• sjónhending f (“line of sight”)
• sjónhenni n (“sharpness of eyesight”)
• sjónhverfiligr (“eye-deceiving”)
• sjónhverfing f (“ocular delusion”)
• sjónlauss (“blind”)
• sjónleysi n (“blindness”)
• skuggsjón f (“mirror”)
• umsjón f (“oversight, care, supervision”)
• undrsjón f (“a spectacle (to see)”)
• viðrsjón f (“a warning, a thing to be shunned”)
• yfirsjón f (“supervision, inspection; appearance”)
• ásjón f (“appearance”)

 

Related terms

• sjá (“to see”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: sjón
• Faroese: sjón
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjon, sjun

References

• sjón in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.