fleygja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleygja, from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Pronunciation

Verb

fleygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fleygði, supine fleygt)

  1. to fling, throw
  2. to throw away (trash, etc.)

Conjugation

fleygja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að fleygja
supine
(sagnbót) 		fleygt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		fleygjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég fleygi við fleygjum present
(nútíð) 		ég fleygi við fleygjum
þú fleygir þið fleygið þú fleygir þið fleygið
hann, hún, það fleygir þeir, þær, þau fleygja hann, hún, það fleygi þeir, þær, þau fleygi
past
(þátíð) 		ég fleygði við fleygðum past
(þátíð) 		ég fleygði við fleygðum
þú fleygðir þið fleygðuð þú fleygðir þið fleygðuð
hann, hún, það fleygði þeir, þær, þau fleygðu hann, hún, það fleygði þeir, þær, þau fleygðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		fleyg (þú) fleygið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
fleygðu fleygiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną.

Verb

fleygja (past participle fleygðr)

  1. to fling; make fly
  2. to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleygja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fleygja
present participle fleygjandi
past participle fleygðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fleygi fleygða
2nd-person singular fleygir fleygðir
3rd-person singular fleygir fleygði
1st-person plural fleygjum fleygðum
2nd-person plural fleygið fleygðuð
3rd-person plural fleygja fleygðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fleygja fleygða
2nd-person singular fleygir fleygðir
3rd-person singular fleygi fleygði
1st-person plural fleygim fleygðim
2nd-person plural fleygið fleygðið
3rd-person plural fleygi fleygði
imperative present
2nd-person singular fleyg, fleygi
1st-person plural fleygjum
2nd-person plural fleygið
Conjugation of fleygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fleygjask
present participle fleygjandisk
past participle fleygzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fleygjumk fleygðumk
2nd-person singular fleygisk fleygðisk
3rd-person singular fleygisk fleygðisk
1st-person plural fleygjumsk fleygðumsk
2nd-person plural fleygizk fleygðuzk
3rd-person plural fleygjask fleygðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fleygjumk fleygðumk
2nd-person singular fleygisk fleygðisk
3rd-person singular fleygisk fleygðisk
1st-person plural fleygimsk fleygðimsk
2nd-person plural fleygizk fleygðizk
3rd-person plural fleygisk fleygðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fleygsk, fleygisk
1st-person plural fleygjumsk
2nd-person plural fleygizk

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fleygja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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