metja

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

metja (singular past indicative matti, plural past indicative mǫttu, past participle mattr)

  1. to lap with one's tongue

Conjugation

Conjugation of metja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive metja
present participle metjandi
past participle mattr
indicative present past
1st-person singular met matta
2nd-person singular metr mattir
3rd-person singular metr matti
1st-person plural metjum mǫttum
2nd-person plural metið mǫttuð
3rd-person plural metja mǫttu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular metja metta
2nd-person singular metir mettir
3rd-person singular meti metti
1st-person plural metim mettim
2nd-person plural metið mettið
3rd-person plural meti metti
imperative present
2nd-person singular met
1st-person plural metjum
2nd-person plural metið
Conjugation of metja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive metjask
present participle metjandisk
past participle mazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular metjumk mǫttumk
2nd-person singular mezk mattisk
3rd-person singular mezk mattisk
1st-person plural metjumsk mǫttumsk
2nd-person plural metizk mǫttuzk
3rd-person plural metjask mǫttusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular metjumk mettumk
2nd-person singular metisk mettisk
3rd-person singular metisk mettisk
1st-person plural metimsk mettimsk
2nd-person plural metizk mettizk
3rd-person plural metisk mettisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular mezk
1st-person plural metjumsk
2nd-person plural metizk

References

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