gnyðja

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

gnyðja (singular past indicative gnuddi, plural past indicative gnuddu, past participle gnuddr)

1. (intransitive) to mutter, grumble, grunt

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnyðja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	gnyðja
present participle	gnyðjandi
past participle	gnuðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gnyð	gnuða
2nd-person singular	gnyðr	gnuðir
3rd-person singular	gnyðr	gnuði
1st-person plural	gnyðjum	gnuðum
2nd-person plural	gnyðið	gnuðuð
3rd-person plural	gnyðja	gnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gnyðja	gnyða
2nd-person singular	gnyðir	gnyðir
3rd-person singular	gnyði	gnyði
1st-person plural	gnyðim	gnyðim
2nd-person plural	gnyðið	gnyðið
3rd-person plural	gnyði	gnyði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gnyð
1st-person plural	gnyðjum
2nd-person plural	gnyðið

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: gny
• Norwegian Bokmål: gny

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gnyðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 168; also available at the Internet Archive