kvánga

Old Norse

Etymology

From kván (“wife”).

Verb

kvánga

1. (transitive) to make (a man) marry a woman

   Synonym: kvæna

Conjugation

Conjugation of kvánga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	kvánga
present participle	kvángandi
past participle	kvángaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kvánga	kvángaða
2nd-person singular	kvángar	kvángaðir
3rd-person singular	kvángar	kvángaði
1st-person plural	kvángum	kvánguðum
2nd-person plural	kvángið	kvánguðuð
3rd-person plural	kvánga	kvánguðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kvánga	kvángaða
2nd-person singular	kvángir	kvángaðir
3rd-person singular	kvángi	kvángaði
1st-person plural	kvángim	kvángaðim
2nd-person plural	kvángið	kvángaðið
3rd-person plural	kvángi	kvángaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kvánga
1st-person plural	kvángum
2nd-person plural	kvángið

Conjugation of kvánga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	kvángask
present participle	kvángandisk
past participle	kvángazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kvángumk	kvánguðumk
2nd-person singular	kvángask	kvángaðisk
3rd-person singular	kvángask	kvángaðisk
1st-person plural	kvángumsk	kvánguðumsk
2nd-person plural	kvángizk	kvánguðuzk
3rd-person plural	kvángask	kvánguðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kvángumk	kvánguðumk
2nd-person singular	kvángisk	kvángaðisk
3rd-person singular	kvángisk	kvángaðisk
1st-person plural	kvángimsk	kvángaðimsk
2nd-person plural	kvángizk	kvángaðizk
3rd-person plural	kvángisk	kvángaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kvángask
1st-person plural	kvángumsk
2nd-person plural	kvángizk

Derived terms

• kvángan f

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvánga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 252; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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