kyngja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

kyngja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kyngdi, supine kyngt)

  1. to swallow
  2. (impersonal) to snow heavily
  3. (impersonal) to cause to come in droves (idiomatically translated as "come in droves" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

kyngja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kyngja
supine
(sagnbót) 		kyngt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kyngjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kyngi við kyngjum present
(nútíð) 		ég kyngi við kyngjum
þú kyngir þið kyngið þú kyngir þið kyngið
hann, hún, það kyngir þeir, þær, þau kyngja hann, hún, það kyngi þeir, þær, þau kyngi
past
(þátíð) 		ég kyngdi við kyngdum past
(þátíð) 		ég kyngdi við kyngdum
þú kyngdir þið kyngduð þú kyngdir þið kyngduð
hann, hún, það kyngdi þeir, þær, þau kyngdu hann, hún, það kyngdi þeir, þær, þau kyngdu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kyng (þú) kyngið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kyngdu kyngiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kyngjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kyngjast
supine
(sagnbót) 		kyngst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kyngjandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kyngist við kyngjumst present
(nútíð) 		ég kyngist við kyngjumst
þú kyngist þið kyngist þú kyngist þið kyngist
hann, hún, það kyngist þeir, þær, þau kyngjast hann, hún, það kyngist þeir, þær, þau kyngist
past
(þátíð) 		ég kyngdist við kyngdumst past
(þátíð) 		ég kyngdist við kyngdumst
þú kyngdist þið kyngdust þú kyngdist þið kyngdust
hann, hún, það kyngdist þeir, þær, þau kyngdust hann, hún, það kyngdist þeir, þær, þau kyngdust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kyngst (þú) kyngist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kyngstu kyngisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

kyngja (present tense kyngjer, past tense kyngde, past participle kyngt, present participle kyngjande, imperative kyng)

  1. to toll, chime ring a bell
    • 1943, Tor Jonsson, Ordet:
      Kva hjelp det å syngje som elv i det aude? Kva hjelp det å kyngje med klokker for daude?
      What use is singing like a river in the wilderness? What use is tolling with bells for the dead?

References

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