dengja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dangijaną, causative of *dingwaną.

Verb

dengja

1. to beat, to hammer
2. to sharpen (a scythe) by hammering

Conjugation

Conjugation of dengja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	dengja
present participle	dengjandi
past participle	dengðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dengi	dengða
2nd-person singular	dengir	dengðir
3rd-person singular	dengir	dengði
1st-person plural	dengjum	dengðum
2nd-person plural	dengið	dengðuð
3rd-person plural	dengja	dengðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	dengja	dengða
2nd-person singular	dengir	dengðir
3rd-person singular	dengi	dengði
1st-person plural	dengim	dengðim
2nd-person plural	dengið	dengðið
3rd-person plural	dengi	dengði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	deng, dengi
1st-person plural	dengjum
2nd-person plural	dengið

Conjugation of dengja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	dengjask
present participle	dengjandisk
past participle	dengzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dengjumk	dengðumk
2nd-person singular	dengisk	dengðisk
3rd-person singular	dengisk	dengðisk
1st-person plural	dengjumsk	dengðumsk
2nd-person plural	dengizk	dengðuzk
3rd-person plural	dengjask	dengðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	dengjumk	dengðumk
2nd-person singular	dengisk	dengðisk
3rd-person singular	dengisk	dengðisk
1st-person plural	dengimsk	dengðimsk
2nd-person plural	dengizk	dengðizk
3rd-person plural	dengisk	dengðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dengsk, dengisk
1st-person plural	dengjumsk
2nd-person plural	dengizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: denga, denge, dengja, dengje
• Norwegian Bokmål: denge
• Old Swedish: dængia
  • Swedish: dänga
• Danish: dænge

Further reading

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