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þjóð
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
þjóð f (genitive singular þjóðar, nominative plural þjóðir)
Declension
Derived terms
- alþjóð
- Þjóðabandalagið (“League of Nations”)
- þjóðarbrot (“ethnic group”)
- þjóðartákngervingur (“national symbol”)
- þjóðartekjur
- þjóðbanki (“national bank”)
- þjóðbúningur (“folk costume”)
- þjóðerni (“nationality”)
- þjóðhátið
- þjóðhöfðingi (“head of state”)
- þjóðrækinn (“patriotic”)
- þjóðsöngur (“national anthem”)
- þjóðtrú (“folk religion”)
- þjóðvarðarlið
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Old Norse
Alternative forms
- þióð, þioð — manuscript spelling
- þeóð — First Grammarian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”), not to be confused with þjóð- (“very (good)”), from *þiudijaz. More at Middle English thede.
Noun
þjóð f
- a people
Declension
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Derived terms
- Svíþjóð f (“Sweden, the Swedish people”)
- verþjóð (“mankind”)
- óþjóð (“evil people”)
- þjóðhlið n (“public (man) gate”)
- þjóðstefna f (“a meeting of the whole people, public meeting”)
- þjóðsýniliga (“in the sight of all people, openly”)
- þjóðsýniligr (“open, clear, vehement”)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þjóð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 512; also available at the Internet Archive
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on þjóð.
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