þreyja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrawjaną.

Verb

þreyja

  1. to feel for, desire, yearn after
  2. to suffer, endure
    • Skírnismál
      lǫng es nǫ́tt, lǫng es ǫnnur
      hvé of þreyja’k þríar?
      long is a night, long is another; how can I endure three?

Conjugation

Conjugation of þreyja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive þreyja
present participle þreyjandi
past participle þráðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular þrey þráða
2nd-person singular þreyr þráðir
3rd-person singular þreyr þráði
1st-person plural þreyjum þráðum
2nd-person plural þreyið þráðuð
3rd-person plural þreyja þráðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular þreyja þræða
2nd-person singular þreyir þræðir
3rd-person singular þreyi þræði
1st-person plural þreyim þræðim
2nd-person plural þreyið þræðið
3rd-person plural þreyi þræði
imperative present
2nd-person singular þrey
1st-person plural þreyjum
2nd-person plural þreyið
Conjugation of þreyja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive þreyjask
present participle þreyjandisk
past participle þrázk
indicative present past
1st-person singular þreyjumk þráðumk
2nd-person singular þreysk þráðisk
3rd-person singular þreysk þráðisk
1st-person plural þreyjumsk þráðumsk
2nd-person plural þreyizk þráðuzk
3rd-person plural þreyjask þráðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular þreyjumk þræðumk
2nd-person singular þreyisk þræðisk
3rd-person singular þreyisk þræðisk
1st-person plural þreyimsk þræðimsk
2nd-person plural þreyizk þræðizk
3rd-person plural þreyisk þræðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular þreysk
1st-person plural þreyjumsk
2nd-person plural þreyizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þreyja

References

  • þreyja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • “þreyja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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