fjölskylda

From fjöl- (“many, multi-”) +‎ skylda (“duty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjœl.scɪlta/

fjölskylda f (genitive singular fjölskyldu, nominative plural fjölskyldur)

1. family

• The term fjölskylda was well known in an older language referring to many duties or much business with a notion of arduousness rather than the contemporary meaning of “family”. One word used to describe a household or a family unit at the time was hyski (once spelled hýski).

• fjölskyldufaðir
• kjarnafjölskylda
• stórfjölskylda

• hyski
• ætt

• A deliberation on the word "hyski" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")