metja

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

metja (singular past indicative matti, plural past indicative mǫttu, past participle mattr)

1. to lap with one's tongue

Conjugation

Conjugation of metja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	metja
present participle	metjandi
past participle	mattr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	met	matta
2nd-person singular	metr	mattir
3rd-person singular	metr	matti
1st-person plural	metjum	mǫttum
2nd-person plural	metið	mǫttuð
3rd-person plural	metja	mǫttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	metja	metta
2nd-person singular	metir	mettir
3rd-person singular	meti	metti
1st-person plural	metim	mettim
2nd-person plural	metið	mettið
3rd-person plural	meti	metti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	met
1st-person plural	metjum
2nd-person plural	metið

Conjugation of metja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	metjask
present participle	metjandisk
past participle	mazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	metjumk	mǫttumk
2nd-person singular	mezk	mattisk
3rd-person singular	mezk	mattisk
1st-person plural	metjumsk	mǫttumsk
2nd-person plural	metizk	mǫttuzk
3rd-person plural	metjask	mǫttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	metjumk	mettumk
2nd-person singular	metisk	mettisk
3rd-person singular	metisk	mettisk
1st-person plural	metimsk	mettimsk
2nd-person plural	metizk	mettizk
3rd-person plural	metisk	mettisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mezk
1st-person plural	metjumsk
2nd-person plural	metizk

Further reading

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