Jump to content

þvinga

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Icelandic

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Old Norse þvinga.

Verb

[edit]

þvinga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þvingaði, supine þvingað)

  1. to force
Conjugation
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

þvinga f (genitive singular þvingu, nominative plural þvingur)

  1. clamp (tool to hold things tightly together)
Declension
[edit]

Old Norse

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, related to *þwangiz (clamp, strap).

Verb

[edit]

þvinga

  1. to weigh down
  2. to compel, force

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Icelandic: þvinga
  • Faroese: tvinga
  • Old Swedish: þvinga
  • Old Danish: thwingæ
  • Norwegian:
  • Middle English: twingen

References

[edit]

Old Swedish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse þvinga.

Verb

[edit]

þvinga

  1. to weigh down
  2. to compel, force

Conjugation

[edit]