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hjúkra

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Alongside hjúka, from Old Norse hjúka (to carefully take care of), probably from a k-extension of hjón (married couple),[1] as married couples would tend to each other.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hjúkra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjúkraði, supine hjúkrað)

  1. to nurse, to tend [with dative]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “hjúka”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 233

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