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knýja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse knýja, from Proto-Germanic *knūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnewH-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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knýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative knúði, supine knúið)

  1. to knock
    Synonym: berja
  2. to compel, to force
    Synonyms: þvinga, fá til
  3. to propel

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *knūjaną.

Verb

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knýja (singular past indicative knúði, plural past indicative knúðu, past participle knúiðr or knúinn)

  1. to press
  2. (mediopassive) to struggle

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: knýja
  • Faroese: knýggja

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “knýja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 244; also available at the Internet Archive