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

• hylling

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hyllen

Noun

hylla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hylle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hylla f

1. definite singular of hylle

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyl.lɑ/, [ˈhyɫ.ɫɑ]

Noun

hylla

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hyll

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to hjälle (“scaffolding of poles”), itself from Old Norse hjallr.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʏlːa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hylla c

1. a shelf, a rack
   • 1924, Hjalmar Bergman, Chefen Fru Ingeborg‎^[1]:

     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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hylla	hyllas
	definite	hyllan	hyllans
plural	indefinite	hyllor	hyllors
	definite	hyllorna	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

• hyllning

Further reading

• hylla in Svensk ordbok.