geyja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, yell”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”).

Verb

geyja (singular past indicative gó, plural past indicative gó, past participle gáinn)

  1. (intransitive) to bark
  2. (transitive, with dative) to bark, scoff at, decry
    gest þú né geyj-a
    do not scoff at the guest

Conjugation

Conjugation of geyja — active (strong class 6)
infinitive geyja
present participle geyjandi
past participle *gáinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular gey gó
2nd-person singular geyr gótt
3rd-person singular geyr gó
1st-person plural geyjum góm
2nd-person plural geyið góð
3rd-person plural geyja gó
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular geyja gœa
2nd-person singular geyir gœir
3rd-person singular geyi gœi
1st-person plural geyim gœim
2nd-person plural geyið gœið
3rd-person plural geyi gœi
imperative present
2nd-person singular gey
1st-person plural geyjum
2nd-person plural geyið
Conjugation of geyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive geyjask
present participle geyjandisk
past participle *gáizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular geyjumk gómk
2nd-person singular geysk gózk
3rd-person singular geysk gósk
1st-person plural geyjumsk gómsk
2nd-person plural geyizk gózk
3rd-person plural geyjask gósk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular geyjumk gœumk
2nd-person singular geyisk gœisk
3rd-person singular geyisk gœisk
1st-person plural geyimsk gœimsk
2nd-person plural geyizk gœizk
3rd-person plural geyisk gœisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular geysk
1st-person plural geyjumsk
2nd-person plural geyizk

Derived terms

  • gá (“barking”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: geyja
  • Faroese: goyggja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjø
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gøy
  • Danish: gø

References

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