hylla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hylla, from Proto-Germanic *hulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (whence Icelandic hollur (“loyal”)). The sense “pay homage to” is due to influence from Danish hylde, Middle Low German hulden.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtla
  • Homophone: hilla

Verb

hylla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hyllti, supine hyllt)

  1. to attract the loyalty or favor of
  2. to attract, allure
  3. to pay homage to, acknowledge loyalty to

Conjugation
hylla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að hylla
supine
(sagnbót)		 hyllt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 hyllandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég hylli við hyllum present
(nútíð)		 ég hylli við hyllum
þú hyllir þið hyllið þú hyllir þið hyllið
hann, hún, það hyllir þeir, þær, þau hylla hann, hún, það hylli þeir, þær, þau hylli
past
(þátíð)		 ég hyllti við hylltum past
(þátíð)		 ég hyllti við hylltum
þú hylltir þið hylltuð þú hylltir þið hylltuð
hann, hún, það hyllti þeir, þær, þau hylltu hann, hún, það hyllti þeir, þær, þau hylltu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 hyll (þú) hyllið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hylltu hylliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hyllast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að hyllast
supine
(sagnbót)		 hyllst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 hyllandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég hyllist við hyllumst present
(nútíð)		 ég hyllist við hyllumst
þú hyllist þið hyllist þú hyllist þið hyllist
hann, hún, það hyllist þeir, þær, þau hyllast hann, hún, það hyllist þeir, þær, þau hyllist
past
(þátíð)		 ég hylltist við hylltumst past
(þátíð)		 ég hylltist við hylltumst
þú hylltist þið hylltust þú hylltist þið hylltust
hann, hún, það hylltist þeir, þær, þau hylltust hann, hún, það hylltist þeir, þær, þau hylltust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 hyllst (þú) hyllist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hyllstu hyllisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hylltur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 hylltur hyllt hyllt hylltir hylltar hyllt
accusative
(þolfall)		 hylltan hyllta hyllt hyllta hylltar hyllt
dative
(þágufall)		 hylltum hylltri hylltu hylltum hylltum hylltum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 hyllts hylltrar hyllts hylltra hylltra hylltra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 hyllti hyllta hyllta hylltu hylltu hylltu
accusative
(þolfall)		 hyllta hylltu hyllta hylltu hylltu hylltu
dative
(þágufall)		 hyllta hylltu hyllta hylltu hylltu hylltu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 hyllta hylltu hyllta hylltu hylltu hylltu

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

hylla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hylle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hylla f

  1. definite singular of hylle

Swedish

Etymology 1

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hʏlːa/
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Noun

hylla c

  1. a shelf, a rack
    • 1924, Hjalmar Bergman, Chefen Fru Ingeborg‎:
      Det led mot stängningstid, kunderna voro få, expediterna började redan ordna hyllor och fack.
      Closing time was approaching, there were few customers and the clerks were already setting the shelves and compartments in order.
  2. (slang) women's breasts; rack
    Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta
    Check out the rack on that chick over there
Declension
Declension of hylla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hylla hyllan hyllor hyllorna
Genitive hyllas hyllans hyllors hyllornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hylla, from Proto-Germanic *hulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz, (whence Swedish huld (“faithful, gracious, sweet”), Icelandic hollur (“loyal”)). Cognate with Icelandic hylla.

Verb

hylla (present hyllar, preterite hyllade, supine hyllat, imperative hylla)

  1. to praise
  2. to celebrate, to congratulate
  3. to pay homage to, to hail
Conjugation
Conjugation of hylla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive hylla hyllas
Supine hyllat hyllats
Imperative hylla —
Imper. plural1 hyllen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative hyllar hyllade hyllas hyllades
Ind. plural1 hylla hyllade hyllas hyllades
Subjunctive2 hylle hyllade hylles hyllades
Participles
Present participle hyllande
Past participle hyllad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms

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