hengja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hengja, causative of hanga (“to hang (intransitive)”) (Icelandic hanga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiɲca/

  Rhymes: -eiɲca

Verb

hengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hengdi, supine hengt)

1. to hang (something or someone) [with accusative]

Conjugation

hengja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hengja
supine sagnbót		hengt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hengjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hengi	hengdi		hengi	hengdi
	þú	hengir	hengdir		hengir	hengdir
	hann, hún, það	hengir	hengdi		hengi	hengdi
plural	við	hengjum	hengdum		hengjum	hengdum
	þið	hengið	hengduð		hengið	hengduð
	þeir, þær, þau	hengja	hengdu		hengi	hengdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	heng (þú), hengdu
plural	þið	hengið (þið), hengiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hengjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hengjast
supine sagnbót		hengst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hengjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hengist	hengdist		hengist	hengdist
	þú	hengist	hengdist		hengist	hengdist
	hann, hún, það	hengist	hengdist		hengist	hengdist
plural	við	hengjumst	hengdumst		hengjumst	hengdumst
	þið	hengist	hengdust		hengist	hengdust
	þeir, þær, þau	hengjast	hengdust		hengist	hengdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hengst (þú), hengstu
plural	þið	hengist (þið), hengisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hengdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hengdur	hengd	hengt	hengdir	hengdar	hengd
accusative (þolfall)	hengdan	hengda	hengt	hengda	hengdar	hengd
dative (þágufall)	hengdum	hengdri	hengdu	hengdum	hengdum	hengdum
genitive (eignarfall)	hengds	hengdrar	hengds	hengdra	hengdra	hengdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hengdi	hengda	hengda	hengdu	hengdu	hengdu
accusative (þolfall)	hengda	hengdu	hengda	hengdu	hengdu	hengdu
dative (þágufall)	hengda	hengdu	hengda	hengdu	hengdu	hengdu
genitive (eignarfall)	hengda	hengdu	hengda	hengdu	hengdu	hengdu

Derived terms

• henging

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hengje
• henga
• henge

Etymology

From Old Norse hengja. Akin to English hang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɛɲ.ʝɑ/, /²hɛɲ.jɑ/

Verb

hengja (present tense hengjer, past tense hengde, past participle hengt, present participle hengjande, imperative heng)

1. (transitive) to hang

   Han hengjer biletet på veggen.

   He hangs the picture on the wall.

References

• “hengja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hangijaną, a causative of *hanhaną (“to hang”) (Old Norse hanga).

Verb

hengja (singular past indicative hengdi, plural past indicative hengðu, past participle hengðr)

1. to hang (cause to be hanging)
2. to execute by hanging

Conjugation

Conjugation of hengja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hengja
present participle	hengjandi
past participle	hengðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hengi	hengða		hengja	hengða
2nd person singular	hengir	hengðir		hengir	hengðir
3rd person singular	hengir	hengði		hengi	hengði
1st person plural	hengjum	hengðum		hengim	hengðim
2nd person plural	hengið	hengðuð		hengið	hengðið
3rd person plural	hengja	hengðu		hengi	hengði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	heng, hengi
1st person plural	hengjum
2nd person plural	hengið

Conjugation of hengja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hengjask
present participle	hengjandisk
past participle	hengzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hengjumk	hengðumk		hengjumk	hengðumk
2nd person singular	hengisk	hengðisk		hengisk	hengðisk
3rd person singular	hengisk	hengðisk		hengisk	hengðisk
1st person plural	hengjumsk	hengðumsk		hengimsk	hengðimsk
2nd person plural	hengizk	hengðuzk		hengizk	hengðizk
3rd person plural	hengjask	hengðusk		hengisk	hengðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	hengsk, hengisk
1st person plural	hengjumsk
2nd person plural	hengizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hengja
• Faroese: heingja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hengja, hengje, henga, henge
• Elfdalian: aindja
• Old Swedish: hængia
  • Swedish: hänga
• Old Danish: hængiæ, hængæ
  • Danish: hænge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: henge
• Old Gutnish: hengia
• → Northern Middle English: hengen, henge, hing
  • English: hing (dialectal)
  • Scots: hing

Further reading

• “hengja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen