sjalfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old English self, seolf, Old Frisian self, Old Saxon self, Old High German selb, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), from *s(w)e- (separate, apart).

Pronoun

sjalfr

  1. self

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sjálfur
  • Faroese: sjálvur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølv; (dialectal) sjølv'u, sjålv, sjav'e, sjåv, sjelv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøl
  • Elfdalian: siuov
  • Old Swedish: sialver, siælver, sialfr, siælfr
    • Swedish: själv, (dialectal, Finland) sjölv
  • Old Danish: sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf
    • Scanian: sælver
    • Danish: selv
      • Norwegian Bokmål: selv
    • Jutish: sjæl
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