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	present	past
1st-person singular	þigg	þá
2nd-person singular	þiggr	þátt
3rd-person singular	þiggr	þá
1st-person plural	þiggjum	þágum
2nd-person plural	þiggið	þáguð
3rd-person plural	þiggja	þágu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þiggja	þæga
2nd-person singular	þiggir	þægir
3rd-person singular	þiggi	þægi
1st-person plural	þiggim	þægim
2nd-person plural	þiggið	þægið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	þiggjumk	þágumk
2nd-person singular	þiggsk	þázk
3rd-person singular	þiggsk	þásk
1st-person plural	þiggjumsk	þágumsk
2nd-person plural	þiggizk	þáguzk
3rd-person plural	þiggjask	þágusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þiggjumk	þægumk
2nd-person singular	þiggisk	þægisk
3rd-person singular	þiggisk	þægisk
1st-person plural	þiggimsk	þægimsk
2nd-person plural	þiggizk	þægizk
3rd-person plural	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 [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/511 Internet Archive]