treyja
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, troie.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
treyja f (genitive singular treyju, nominative plural treyjur)
DeclensionEdit
declension of treyja
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | treyja | treyjan | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| accusative | treyju | treyjuna | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| dative | treyju | treyjunni | treyjum | treyjunum |
| genitive | treyju | treyjunnar | treyja | treyjanna |
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German troye, troie.
NounEdit
treyja f (genitive treyju)
- jerkin
- war-jacket
DeclensionEdit
Declension of treyja (weak jōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | treyja | treyjan | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| accusative | treyju | treyjuna | treyjur | treyjurnar |
| dative | treyju | treyjunni | treyjum | treyjunum |
| genitive | treyju | treyjunnar | treyja | treyjanna |
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: treyja
- Faroese: troyggja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trøya, trøye
- Swedish: tröja
- Danish: trøje
- Norwegian Bokmål: trøye
ReferencesEdit
- “treyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press