ægja
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See also: œgja
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ǿgja, from Proto-Germanic *ōgijaną (“to frighten, to scare”), causative of *aganą (“to fear, to be scared”). Cognate with Old English onœ̄ġan, Gothic 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ægja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ægði, supine ægt)
- (transitive, governs the dative) to frighten
- (impersonal) to be afraid, to fear
- (impersonal) to become mixed up or jumbled
- Öllu ægir saman!
- Everything is mixed up!
Declension
[edit]ægja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ægja | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
ægt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ægjandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég ægi | við ægjum | present (nútíð) |
ég ægi | við ægjum |
þú ægir | þið ægið | þú ægir | þið ægið | ||
hann, hún, það ægir | þeir, þær, þau ægja | hann, hún, það ægi | þeir, þær, þau ægi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ægði | við ægðum | past (þátíð) |
ég ægði | við ægðum |
þú ægðir | þið ægðuð | þú ægðir | þið ægðuð | ||
hann, hún, það ægði | þeir, þær, þau ægðu | hann, hún, það ægði | þeir, þær, þau ægðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
æg (þú) | ægið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
ægðu | ægiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂egʰ-
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːja
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːja/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
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