skylla
Swedish
Etymology
From skuld (debt) and its archaic form skull (behalf), originally meaning to be in debt, i.e. to be the one who needs to pay for something. Hence the roles have switched from carrying blame to putting blame.
Pronunciation
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Verb
skylla (present skyller, preterite skyllde, supine skyllt, imperative skyll)
- (transitively with på) to blame
- Vi tänker skylla på Nisse
- We are going to blame Nisse
- Jag skyller på otur
- I blame bad luck
- De misstänkta skyller på varandra
- The suspects blame each other
- Sjunken i elände, skyllde han sina motgångar på yttre omständigheter
- Sunken in misery, he blamed his misfortune on external circumstances
- (with för to specify the accusation) to accuse
- (archaic) to owe, to be in debt, to be indebted, to carry blame
- Tag mot dem som en skatt den jag dig skyller (translation by Hagberg)
- Receive them then, the tribute that I owe (Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act 1)
Conjugation
Conjugation of skylla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skylla | skyllas | ||
| Supine | skyllt | skyllts | ||
| Imperative | skyll | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skyllen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skyller | skyllde | skylls, skylles | skylldes |
| Ind. plural1 | skylla | skyllde | skyllas | skylldes |
| Subjunctive2 | skylle | skyllde | skylles | skylldes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skyllande | |||
| Past participle | skylld | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- skylla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skylla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skylla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skylla in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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