bergja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bergja, from Proto-Germanic *bargijaną.

Verb

bergja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bergði, supine bergt)

  1. to sip
    Að bergja á miðinum.
    To take a sip of mead.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bargijaną. Cognate with Old English bierġan (“to taste, partake of”).

Verb

bergja

  1. (transitive, with dative) to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of bergja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bergja
present participle bergjandi
past participle bergðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular bergi bergða
2nd-person singular bergir bergðir
3rd-person singular bergir bergði
1st-person plural bergjum bergðum
2nd-person plural bergið bergðuð
3rd-person plural bergja bergðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bergja bergða
2nd-person singular bergir bergðir
3rd-person singular bergi bergði
1st-person plural bergim bergðim
2nd-person plural bergið bergðið
3rd-person plural bergi bergði
imperative present
2nd-person singular berg, bergi
1st-person plural bergjum
2nd-person plural bergið
Conjugation of bergja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive bergjask
present participle bergjandisk
past participle bergzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular bergjumk bergðumk
2nd-person singular bergisk bergðisk
3rd-person singular bergisk bergðisk
1st-person plural bergjumsk bergðumsk
2nd-person plural bergizk bergðuzk
3rd-person plural bergjask bergðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bergjumk bergðumk
2nd-person singular bergisk bergðisk
3rd-person singular bergisk bergðisk
1st-person plural bergimsk bergðimsk
2nd-person plural bergizk bergðizk
3rd-person plural bergisk bergðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular bergsk, bergisk
1st-person plural bergjumsk
2nd-person plural bergizk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bergja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bergja

References

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