sjæl

Etymology
From, , , related to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. The West Norse form is borrowed from, the East Norse form, with -j-, from 🇨🇬, , both ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) soul

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * The forms and  were only allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
 * Definite plural was only ever allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Interjection

 * 1)  ditto

Usage notes
Derived from the dialectal form (of the pronoun) traditionally used in the capital area, sjæl. Even though the Danish form (selv) has entered the spoken language through the written language, the interjection is exclusively pronounced (and written) sjæl and cannot be replaced by selv.