þvinga

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þvinga.

Pronunciation

Verb

þvinga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þvingaði, supine þvingað)

  1. to force

Conjugation

Noun

þvinga f (genitive singular þvingu, nominative plural þvingur)

  1. clamp (tool to hold things tightly together)

Declension

    Declension of þvinga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þvinga þvingan þvingur þvingurnar
accusative þvingu þvinguna þvingur þvingurnar
dative þvingu þvingunni þvingum þvingunum
genitive þvingu þvingunnar þvinga þvinganna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, related to *þwangiz (clamp, strap).

Verb

þvinga

  1. to weigh down
  2. to compel, force

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þvinga.

Verb

þvinga

  1. to weigh down
  2. to compel, force

Conjugation