sjaldan
See also: sjáldan
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editsjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sjaldan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *seldanē.
Adverb
editsjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: sjaldan
- Faroese: sjáldan, sjaldan
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: siäldan, säldan, siällan
- Swedish: sällan
- Old Danish: siældæn
- Danish: sjælden
References
edit- “sjaldan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press