fljúga

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.

Pronunciation

Verb

fljúga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaug, third-person plural past indicative flugu, supine flogið)

  1. (intransitive) to fly

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Cognate with Old English flēoġan (Modern English fly), Old Frisian fliāga (Saterland Frisian fljooge), Old Saxon fliogan (Low German flegen), Old Dutch fliogan (Dutch vliegen), Old High German fliogan (German fliegen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian plaũkti.

Verb

fljúga (singular past indicative flaug, plural past indicative flugu, past participle floginn)

  1. to fly

Conjugation

Having a final -g, the past indicative singular form may be fló instead of the otherwise regular flaug. In the second person, the final -t is geminated so that fló + -t = flótt.

Descendants

References

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