blæða

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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)

  1. (impersonal, dative object) to bleed
    Henni blæddi út.
    She bled to death.
    Mér blæðir.
    I am bleeding.
  2. (intransitive) to pay, to pay through the nose
    Hann mátti blæða.
    He had to pay through the nose.
    Ég skal blæða á þig kaffi.
    I'll buy you some coffee.

Conjugation

blæða — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að blæða
supine
(sagnbót) 		blætt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		blæðandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég blæði við blæðum present
(nútíð) 		ég blæði við blæðum
þú blæðir þið blæðið þú blæðir þið blæðið
hann, hún, það blæðir þeir, þær, þau blæða hann, hún, það blæði þeir, þær, þau blæði
past
(þátíð) 		ég blæddi við blæddum past
(þátíð) 		ég blæddi við blæddum
þú blæddir þið blædduð þú blæddir þið blædduð
hann, hún, það blæddi þeir, þær, þau blæddu hann, hún, það blæddi þeir, þær, þau blæddu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		blæð (þú) blæðið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
blæddu blæðiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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