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fleygja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fleygja, from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fleygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fleygði, supine fleygt)

  1. to fling, throw
  2. to throw away (trash, etc.)

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną.

Verb

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fleygja (past participle fleygðr)

  1. to fling; make fly
  2. to throw

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fleygja
  • Faroese: floyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fløygje, fløygja
  • Old Swedish: flø̄ghia

Further reading

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