tryggja

• IPA^(key):

tryggja (third person singular past indicative tryggjaði, third person plural past indicative tryggjað, supine tryggjað)

1. to secure
2. to insure

• trygging (insurance)
• tryggur (save, secure)

From Old Norse tryggja, tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

tryggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tryggði, supine tryggt)

1. to secure
2. to ensure, make sure (that a certain outcome is reached)
3. to insure (provide for compensation for potential loss according to an agreement)

• (verb):
  • tryggje (e-infinitive)
  • trygga, trygge (without j-infix, either infinitive)
• (noun): tryggja (non-standard since 2012)

From the Old Norse verb tryggja and tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

tryggja (present tense tryggjer or tryggjar, past tense trygde or tryggja, supine trygt or trygd or tryggja, past participle trygd or tryggja, present participle tryggjande, imperative trygg or tryggja)

1. to secure, deliver from danger

tryggja f (definite singular tryggja, indefinite plural tryggjer or tryggjor, definite plural tryggjene or tryggjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tryggje
2. definite singular of tryggje

• “tryggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “tryggja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• tryggva

From Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

tryggja

1. to make firm and trusty

• Icelandic: tryggja
• Faroese: tryggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tryggja
• Swedish: trygga
• Danish: trygge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trygge

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tryggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive