ýja

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See also: Ýja, and þjá

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

ýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ýjaði, supine ýjað)

  1. to hint, to suggest, to insinuate

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

ýja (singular past indicative úði, plural past indicative úðu, past participle úiðr)

  1. (intransitive) to swarm, teem of

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ýja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: y

References

  • ýja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.