ægja

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See also: œgja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ǿgja, from Proto-Germanic *ōgijaną (“to frighten, to scare”), causative of *aganą (“to fear, to be scared”). Cognate with Old English onœ̄ġan, Gothic 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan).

Pronunciation

Verb

ægja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ægði, supine ægt)

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to frighten
  2. (impersonal) to be afraid, to fear
  3. (impersonal) to become mixed up or jumbled
    Öllu ægir saman!
    Everything is mixed up!

Declension

ægja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að ægja
supine
(sagnbót) 		ægt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		ægjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég ægi við ægjum present
(nútíð) 		ég ægi við ægjum
þú ægir þið ægið þú ægir þið ægið
hann, hún, það ægir þeir, þær, þau ægja hann, hún, það ægi þeir, þær, þau ægi
past
(þátíð) 		ég ægði við ægðum past
(þátíð) 		ég ægði við ægðum
þú ægðir þið ægðuð þú ægðir þið ægðuð
hann, hún, það ægði þeir, þær, þau ægðu hann, hún, það ægði þeir, þær, þau ægðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		æg (þú) ægið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
ægðu ægiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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