Icelandic

Noun

lykill m ‎(genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)

1. a key

   Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.

   Don't forget the keys on your way out.

   Ég hef þrjá lykla og tyggjó í vasanum.

   I have three keys and some gum in my pocket.

2. (music) a clef
3. (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard ^syn.
4. (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key

Declension

Derived terms

• dreifilykill
• einkalykill
• lyklaborð
• lyklakippa

Synonyms

• (computer key): ^def. takki, hnappur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.

Noun

lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)

1. key

Declension

Descendants

References

• lykill in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press