smeygja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną.

Verb

smeygja (past participle smeygðr)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to slip

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeygja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive smeygja
present participle smeygjandi
past participle smeygðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular smeygi smeygða
2nd-person singular smeygir smeygðir
3rd-person singular smeygir smeygði
1st-person plural smeygjum smeygðum
2nd-person plural smeygið smeygðuð
3rd-person plural smeygja smeygðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular smeygja smeygða
2nd-person singular smeygir smeygðir
3rd-person singular smeygi smeygði
1st-person plural smeygim smeygðim
2nd-person plural smeygið smeygðið
3rd-person plural smeygi smeygði
imperative present
2nd-person singular smeyg, smeygi
1st-person plural smeygjum
2nd-person plural smeygið
Conjugation of smeygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive smeygjask
present participle smeygjandisk
past participle smeygzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular smeygjumk smeygðumk
2nd-person singular smeygisk smeygðisk
3rd-person singular smeygisk smeygðisk
1st-person plural smeygjumsk smeygðumsk
2nd-person plural smeygizk smeygðuzk
3rd-person plural smeygjask smeygðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular smeygjumk smeygðumk
2nd-person singular smeygisk smeygðisk
3rd-person singular smeygisk smeygðisk
1st-person plural smeygimsk smeygðimsk
2nd-person plural smeygizk smeygðizk
3rd-person plural smeygisk smeygðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular smeygsk, smeygisk
1st-person plural smeygjumsk
2nd-person plural smeygizk

Descendants

  • Faroese: smoyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smøya, smøye

References

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