English Explanatory Dictionary

slöjd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

Word forms

slöjd slojd sloyd

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish slöjd (“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”), from Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sleight and sly.

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