mylkja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms

• mýkkje (Setesdal dialect)
• mylke
• mylja
• mjylka

Etymology

From Old Norse mylkja.

Verb

mylkja (present tense mylkjer, past tense mylkte, past participle mylkt, passive infinitive mylkjast, present participle mylkjande, imperative mylk)

1. (transitive) To milk, express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

mylkja

1. to give milk

Conjugation

Conjugation of mylkja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	mylkja
present participle	mylkjandi
past participle	mylktr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	mylki	mylkta
2nd-person singular	mylkir	mylktir
3rd-person singular	mylkir	mylkti
1st-person plural	mylkjum	mylktum
2nd-person plural	mylkið	mylktuð
3rd-person plural	mylkja	mylktu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	mylkja	mylkta
2nd-person singular	mylkir	mylktir
3rd-person singular	mylki	mylkti
1st-person plural	mylkim	mylktim
2nd-person plural	mylkið	mylktið
3rd-person plural	mylki	mylkti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mylk, mylki
1st-person plural	mylkjum
2nd-person plural	mylkið

Conjugation of mylkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	mylkjask
present participle	mylkjandisk
past participle	mylkzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	mylkjumk	mylktumk
2nd-person singular	mylkisk	mylktisk
3rd-person singular	mylkisk	mylktisk
1st-person plural	mylkjumsk	mylktumsk
2nd-person plural	mylkizk	mylktuzk
3rd-person plural	mylkjask	mylktusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	mylkjumk	mylktumk
2nd-person singular	mylkisk	mylktisk
3rd-person singular	mylkisk	mylktisk
1st-person plural	mylkimsk	mylktimsk
2nd-person plural	mylkizk	mylktizk
3rd-person plural	mylkisk	mylktisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mylksk, mylkisk
1st-person plural	mylkjumsk
2nd-person plural	mylkizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: mylkja
• Faroese: mylkjast
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mylkja

Further reading

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