beygja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

beygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beygði, supine beygt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to bend
  2. (intransitive) to turn
    beygja til hægri.
    To turn to the right.
  3. (grammar, transitive) to inflect

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Noun

beygja f (genitive singular beygju, nominative plural beygjur)

  1. bend, curve
  2. turn
    Snörp beygja.
    A sharp turn.

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Verb

beygja (past participle beygðr)

  1. to bend, bow

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: beygja
  • Faroese: boyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøygja, bøya
  • Old Swedish: bø̄ghia
  • Danish: bøje

References

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