sjaldan

See also: sjáldan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjaldan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsjaltan/
Rhymes: -altan

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

seldom, rarely

Derived terms

sjaldan er ein báran stök

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldana.

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

seldom

Descendants

Danish: sjælden
Faroese: sjáldan, sjaldan
Icelandic: sjaldan

Norwegian Bokmål: sjelden
Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeldan
Swedish: sällan (Old Swedish siäldan, säldan, siällan)

References

sjaldan in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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