gnaga

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gnaga. Akin to English gnaw.

Pronunciation

Verb

gnaga (present tense gnagar or gneg, past tense gnaga or gnog, past participle gnaga or gnege, present participle gnagande, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (singular past indicative gnagaði, plural past indicative gnǫguðu, past participle gnagaðr)

  1. to gnaw

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga — active (weak class 2)
infinitive gnaga
present participle gnagandi
past participle gnagaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular gnaga gnagaða
2nd-person singular gnagar gnagaðir
3rd-person singular gnagar gnagaði
1st-person plural gnǫgum gnǫguðum
2nd-person plural gnagið gnǫguðuð
3rd-person plural gnaga gnǫguðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gnaga gnagaða
2nd-person singular gnagir gnagaðir
3rd-person singular gnagi gnagaði
1st-person plural gnagim gnagaðim
2nd-person plural gnagið gnagaðið
3rd-person plural gnagi gnagaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular gnaga
1st-person plural gnǫgum
2nd-person plural gnagið
Conjugation of gnaga — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive gnagask
present participle gnagandisk
past participle gnagazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular gnǫgumk gnǫguðumk
2nd-person singular gnagask gnagaðisk
3rd-person singular gnagask gnagaðisk
1st-person plural gnǫgumsk gnǫguðumsk
2nd-person plural gnagizk gnǫguðuzk
3rd-person plural gnagask gnǫguðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gnǫgumk gnǫguðumk
2nd-person singular gnagisk gnagaðisk
3rd-person singular gnagisk gnagaðisk
1st-person plural gnagimsk gnagaðimsk
2nd-person plural gnagizk gnagaðizk
3rd-person plural gnagisk gnagaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gnagask
1st-person plural gnǫgumsk
2nd-person plural gnagizk

Descendants

  • Danish: gnave
  • Elfdalian: gnågå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gnage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gnage, gnaga, (dialectal): gnåggå
  • Swedish: gnaga
  • → English: gnag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (present gnager, preterite gnagde, supine gnagt, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw
    gnaga på ett ben
    gnaw on a bone
  2. (figuratively) to gnaw, to nag
    gnagande tvivel
    nagging doubts

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gnaga gnagas
Supine gnagt gnagts
Imperative gnag —
Imper. plural1 gnagen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gnager gnagde gnags, gnages gnagdes
Ind. plural1 gnaga gnagde gnagas gnagdes
Subjunctive2 gnage gnagde gnages gnagdes
Participles
Present participle gnagande
Past participle gnagd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

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