þiggja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Verb

þiggja (irregular, third person singular past indicative þáði, earlier þá, supine þegið or þáð)

1. to accept, receive [with accusative]

   Við þiggjum ekki greiðslukort.

   We do not accept credit cards.

Derived terms

• þiggja að gjöf

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þigjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to reach out the hand”).

Verb

þiggja (singular past indicative þá, plural past indicative þágu, past participle þeginn)

1. to receive, get, accept [with accusative]
   • c. 961, Eyvindr skáldspillir, Hákonarmál

     Þigg þú at Ásum ǫl!

     Receive ale from the Gods!

   þóttisk jarl þá vita, at Óðinn mundi þegit hafa blótit

   the earl seemed to know, that Woden had accepted the bloot.

2. (absol) to take lodging, receive hospitality for a night

   þigg þú hér Sigurðr!

   stay here for the night, Sigurd!

Conjugation

Verbs with this conjugation include: liggja.

Conjugation of þiggja — active (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	þiggja
present participle	þiggjandi
past participle	þeginn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	þigg	þá		þiggja	þæga
2nd person singular	þiggr	þátt		þiggir	þægir
3rd person singular	þiggr	þá		þiggi	þægi
1st person plural	þiggjum	þágum		þiggim	þægim
2nd person plural	þiggið	þáguð		þiggið	þægið
3rd person plural	þiggja	þágu		þiggi	þægi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	þigg
1st person plural	þiggjum
2nd person plural	þiggið

Conjugation of þiggja — mediopassive (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	þiggjask
present participle	þiggjandisk
past participle	þegizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	þiggjumk	þágumk		þiggjumk	þægumk
2nd person singular	þiggsk	þázk		þiggisk	þægisk
3rd person singular	þiggsk	þásk		þiggisk	þægisk
1st person plural	þiggjumsk	þágumsk		þiggimsk	þægimsk
2nd person plural	þiggizk	þáguzk		þiggizk	þægizk
3rd person plural	þiggjask	þágusk		þiggisk	þægisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	þiggsk
1st person plural	þiggjumsk
2nd person plural	þiggizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: þiggja
• Faroese: tiggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tigga; (dialectal) tiggja, teggja, tige
• Norwegian Bokmål: tigge
• Old Swedish: þiggia
  • Swedish: tigga
• Danish: tigge

Further reading

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on þiggja.
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þiggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 511; also available at the Internet Archive