þyngja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

þyngja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þyngdi, supine þyngt)

  1. to make heavier

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þungjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥gʰyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ- (to pull, be heavy, be difficult).

Verb

þyngja (singular past indicative þyngdi, plural past indicative þyngdu, past participle þyngdr)

  1. to weigh down, make heavy

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þyngja
  • Norwegian:

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