dengja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dangijaną, causative of *dingwaną.

Verb

dengja

  1. to beat, to hammer
  2. to sharpen (a scythe) by hammering

Conjugation

Conjugation of dengja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive dengja
present participle dengjandi
past participle dengðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular dengi dengða
2nd-person singular dengir dengðir
3rd-person singular dengir dengði
1st-person plural dengjum dengðum
2nd-person plural dengið dengðuð
3rd-person plural dengja dengðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular dengja dengða
2nd-person singular dengir dengðir
3rd-person singular dengi dengði
1st-person plural dengim dengðim
2nd-person plural dengið dengðið
3rd-person plural dengi dengði
imperative present
2nd-person singular deng, dengi
1st-person plural dengjum
2nd-person plural dengið
Conjugation of dengja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive dengjask
present participle dengjandisk
past participle dengzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular dengjumk dengðumk
2nd-person singular dengisk dengðisk
3rd-person singular dengisk dengðisk
1st-person plural dengjumsk dengðumsk
2nd-person plural dengizk dengðuzk
3rd-person plural dengjask dengðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular dengjumk dengðumk
2nd-person singular dengisk dengðisk
3rd-person singular dengisk dengðisk
1st-person plural dengimsk dengðimsk
2nd-person plural dengizk dengðizk
3rd-person plural dengisk dengðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular dengsk, dengisk
1st-person plural dengjumsk
2nd-person plural dengizk

Descendants


References

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