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

Further reading

“sjaldan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldanē.

Adverb

sjaldan (comparative sjaldnar, superlative sjaldnast)

seldom

Descendants

Icelandic: sjaldan
Faroese: sjáldan, sjaldan
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjelden
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeldan
Old Swedish: siäldan, säldan, siällan
- Swedish: sällan
Old Danish: siældæn
- Danish: sjælden

References

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

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