afleggja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Equivalent to af- +‎ leggja.

Verb

afleggja

  1. to put aside
  2. to give up, abandon

Conjugation

Conjugation of afleggja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive afleggja
present participle afleggjandi
past participle aflagðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular aflegg aflagða
2nd-person singular afleggr aflagðir
3rd-person singular afleggr aflagði
1st-person plural afleggjum aflǫgðum
2nd-person plural afleggið aflǫgðuð
3rd-person plural afleggja aflǫgðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular afleggja aflegða
2nd-person singular afleggir aflegðir
3rd-person singular afleggi aflegði
1st-person plural afleggim aflegðim
2nd-person plural afleggið aflegðið
3rd-person plural afleggi aflegði
imperative present
2nd-person singular aflegg
1st-person plural afleggjum
2nd-person plural afleggið
Conjugation of afleggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive afleggjask
present participle afleggjandisk
past participle afleggzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular afleggjumk aflǫgðumk
2nd-person singular afleggsk aflagðisk
3rd-person singular afleggsk aflagðisk
1st-person plural afleggjumsk aflǫgðumsk
2nd-person plural afleggizk aflǫgðuzk
3rd-person plural afleggjask aflǫgðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular afleggjumk aflegðumk
2nd-person singular afleggisk aflegðisk
3rd-person singular afleggisk aflegðisk
1st-person plural afleggimsk aflegðimsk
2nd-person plural afleggizk aflegðizk
3rd-person plural afleggisk aflegðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular afleggsk
1st-person plural afleggjumsk
2nd-person plural afleggizk

Descendants

References

  • “afleggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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