selja

See also: Selja

Estonian

Noun

selja

  1. genitive singular of selg

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)

  1. to sell

Conjugation
   Conjugation of selja
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infinitive selja
present participle seljandi
past participle a7 seldur
supine selt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present selji selur selur selja
past seldi seldi seldi seldu
imperative – tú – tit
present — sel! — seljið!

Synonyms

Finnish

Noun

selja

  1. elder (tree)

Declension
Inflection of selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative selja seljat
genitive seljan seljojen
partitive seljaa seljoja
illative seljaan seljoihin
singular plural
nominative selja seljat
accusative nom. selja seljat
gen. seljan
genitive seljan seljojen
seljainrare
partitive seljaa seljoja
inessive seljassa seljoissa
elative seljasta seljoista
illative seljaan seljoihin
adessive seljalla seljoilla
ablative seljalta seljoilta
allative seljalle seljoille
essive seljana seljoina
translative seljaksi seljoiksi
instructive — seljoin
abessive seljatta seljoitta
comitative — seljoineen

Derived terms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)

  1. (ditransitive) to sell
    Synonym: versla
  2. (ditransitive) to hand over
    Synonym: afhenda
Conjugation
selja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að selja
supine
(sagnbót)		 selt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 seljandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég seli við seljum present
(nútíð)		 ég seli við seljum
þú selir þið selið þú selir þið selið
hann, hún, það selir þeir, þær, þau selja hann, hún, það seli þeir, þær, þau seli
past
(þátíð)		 ég seldi við seldum past
(þátíð)		 ég seldi við seldum
þú seldir þið selduð þú seldir þið selduð
hann, hún, það seldi þeir, þær, þau seldu hann, hún, það seldi þeir, þær, þau seldu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 sel (þú) selið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
seldu seliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
seljast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að seljast
supine
(sagnbót)		 selst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 seljandist **
** 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 selist við seljumst present
(nútíð)		 ég selist við seljumst
þú selist þið selist þú selist þið selist
hann, hún, það selist þeir, þær, þau seljast hann, hún, það selist þeir, þær, þau selist
past
(þátíð)		 ég seldist við seldumst past
(þátíð)		 ég seldist við seldumst
þú seldist þið seldust þú seldist þið seldust
hann, hún, það seldist þeir, þær, þau seldust hann, hún, það seldist þeir, þær, þau seldust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 selst (þú) selist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
selstu selisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
seldur — 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)		 seldur seld selt seldir seldar seld
accusative
(þolfall)		 seldan selda selt selda seldar seld
dative
(þágufall)		 seldum seldri seldu seldum seldum seldum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 selds seldrar selds seldra seldra seldra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 seldi selda selda seldu seldu seldu
accusative
(þolfall)		 selda seldu selda seldu seldu seldu
dative
(þágufall)		 selda seldu selda seldu seldu seldu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 selda seldu selda seldu seldu seldu

Etymology 2

From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).

Noun

selja f (genitive singular selju, nominative plural seljur)

  1. sallow, goat willow (Salix caprea)
Declension
declension of selja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative selja seljan seljur seljurnar
accusative selju seljuna seljur seljurnar
dative selju seljunni seljum seljunum
genitive selju seljunnar selja seljanna
Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

selja m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of selje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)

  1. to sell
    Dei selde mesteparten.
    They sold most of it.

Etymology 2

Noun

selja f

  1. definite singular of selje

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja

  1. (ditransitive) to hand over, deliver
  2. (transitive) to sell, part with
Conjugation
Conjugation of selja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive selja
present participle seljandi
past participle seldr
indicative present past
1st-person singular sel selda
2nd-person singular selr seldir
3rd-person singular selr seldi
1st-person plural seljum seldum
2nd-person plural selið selduð
3rd-person plural selja seldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular selja selda
2nd-person singular selir seldir
3rd-person singular seli seldi
1st-person plural selim seldim
2nd-person plural selið seldið
3rd-person plural seli seldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular sel
1st-person plural seljum
2nd-person plural selið
Conjugation of selja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive seljask
present participle seljandisk
past participle selzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular seljumk seldumk
2nd-person singular selsk seldisk
3rd-person singular selsk seldisk
1st-person plural seljumsk seldumsk
2nd-person plural selizk selduzk
3rd-person plural seljask seldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular seljumk seldumk
2nd-person singular selisk seldisk
3rd-person singular selisk seldisk
1st-person plural selimsk seldimsk
2nd-person plural selizk seldizk
3rd-person plural selisk seldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular selsk
1st-person plural seljumsk
2nd-person plural selizk
Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.

Noun

selja f (genitive selju)

  1. sallow, willow Salix caprea
Declension
  Declension of selja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative selja seljan seljur seljurnar
accusative selju seljuna seljur seljurnar
dative selju seljunni seljum seljunum
genitive selju seljunnar selja seljanna
Descendants

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

selja

  1. genitive plural of sel
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