trylla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trylla (“to enchant”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlijaną (“to perform magic, conjure”), from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“to run, tread”). Cognate with Middle High German trüllen (“to scamper, scurry; to juggle, play, cheat”).

Verb

trylla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tryllti, supine tryllt)

1. (informal) to delight, to fascinate, to thrill

Conjugation

trylla – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að trylla
supine sagnbót		tryllt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tryllandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	trylli	tryllti		trylli	tryllti
	þú	tryllir	trylltir		tryllir	trylltir
	hann, hún, það	tryllir	tryllti		trylli	tryllti
plural	við	tryllum	trylltum		tryllum	trylltum
	þið	tryllið	trylltuð		tryllið	trylltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	trylla	trylltu		trylli	trylltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tryll (þú), trylltu
plural	þið	tryllið (þið), trylliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tryllast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að tryllast
supine sagnbót		tryllst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tryllandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tryllist	trylltist		tryllist	trylltist
	þú	tryllist	trylltist		tryllist	trylltist
	hann, hún, það	tryllist	trylltist		tryllist	trylltist
plural	við	tryllumst	trylltumst		tryllumst	trylltumst
	þið	tryllist	trylltust		tryllist	trylltust
	þeir, þær, þau	tryllast	trylltust		tryllist	trylltust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tryllst (þú), tryllstu
plural	þið	tryllist (þið), tryllisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

trylltur — 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)	trylltur	tryllt	tryllt	trylltir	trylltar	tryllt
accusative (þolfall)	trylltan	tryllta	tryllt	tryllta	trylltar	tryllt
dative (þágufall)	trylltum	trylltri	trylltu	trylltum	trylltum	trylltum
genitive (eignarfall)	tryllts	trylltrar	tryllts	trylltra	trylltra	trylltra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tryllti	tryllta	tryllta	trylltu	trylltu	trylltu
accusative (þolfall)	tryllta	trylltu	tryllta	trylltu	trylltu	trylltu
dative (þágufall)	tryllta	trylltu	tryllta	trylltu	trylltu	trylltu
genitive (eignarfall)	tryllta	trylltu	tryllta	trylltu	trylltu	trylltu

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tryllet (simple past, supine, and past participle)
• tryllede, tryllete (alternative definite singular and plural past-participle forms)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrʏlː.a/
• Rhymes: -ʏlːa
• Hyphenation: tryl‧la

Verb

trylla

1. simple past of trylle (“to perform magic, enchant, conjure”)
2. supine of trylle (“to perform magic, enchant, conjure”)

Participle

trylla (definite singular and plural trylla)

1. past participle of trylle (“to perform magic, enchant, conjure”)