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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse blœða, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
blæða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blæddi, supine blætt)
- (impersonal) to cause to bleed (idiomatically translated as "bleed" with the dative object as the subject)
Henni blæddi út.- She bled to death.
- (intransitive) to pay, to pay through the nose
- Synonym: borga
Hann mátti blæða.- He had to pay through the nose.
Ég skal blæða á þig kaffi.- I'll buy you some coffee.
Conjugation
infinitive
(nafnháttur)
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að blæða
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supine
(sagnbót)
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blætt
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present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)
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blæðandi
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indicative
(framsöguháttur)
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subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
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present
(nútíð)
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ég blæði
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við blæðum
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present
(nútíð)
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ég blæði
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við blæðum
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| þú blæðir
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þið blæðið
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þú blæðir
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þið blæðið
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| hann, hún, það blæðir
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þeir, þær, þau blæða
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hann, hún, það blæði
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þeir, þær, þau blæði
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past
(þátíð)
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ég blæddi
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við blæddum
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past
(þátíð)
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ég blæddi
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við blæddum
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| þú blæddir
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þið blædduð
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þú blæddir
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þið blædduð
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| hann, hún, það blæddi
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þeir, þær, þau blæddu
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hann, hún, það blæddi
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þeir, þær, þau blæddu
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imperative
(boðháttur)
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blæð (þú)
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blæðið (þið)
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| Forms with appended personal pronoun
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| blæddu
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blæðiði *
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| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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