hryggva

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną, *hriwwijaną.

Verb

hryggva

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to distress, to grieve
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to cause to look sad

Conjugation

Conjugation of hryggva — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hryggva
present participle hryggvandi
past participle hrygðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hryggvi hrygða
2nd-person singular hryggvir hrygðir
3rd-person singular hryggvir hrygði
1st-person plural hryggum hrygðum
2nd-person plural hryggvið hrygðuð
3rd-person plural hryggva hrygðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hryggva hrygða
2nd-person singular hryggvir hrygðir
3rd-person singular hryggvi hrygði
1st-person plural hryggvim hrygðim
2nd-person plural hryggvið hrygðið
3rd-person plural hryggvi hrygði
imperative present
2nd-person singular hrygg, hryggvi
1st-person plural hryggum
2nd-person plural hryggvið
Conjugation of hryggva — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hryggvask
present participle hryggvandisk
past participle hrygzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hryggumk hrygðumk
2nd-person singular hryggvisk hrygðisk
3rd-person singular hryggvisk hrygðisk
1st-person plural hryggumsk hrygðumsk
2nd-person plural hryggvizk hrygðuzk
3rd-person plural hryggvask hrygðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hryggumk hrygðumk
2nd-person singular hryggvisk hrygðisk
3rd-person singular hryggvisk hrygðisk
1st-person plural hryggvimsk hrygðimsk
2nd-person plural hryggvizk hrygðizk
3rd-person plural hryggvisk hrygðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hrygsk, hryggvisk
1st-person plural hryggumsk
2nd-person plural hryggvizk

References

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