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mylkja

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mylkja.

Verb

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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

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Etymology

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Verb

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mylkja

  1. to give milk

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mylkja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive mylkja
present participle mylkjandi
past participle mylktr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mylki mylkta mylkja mylkta
2nd person singular mylkir mylktir mylkir mylktir
3rd person singular mylkir mylkti mylki mylkti
1st person plural mylkjum mylktum mylkim mylktim
2nd person plural mylkið mylktuð mylkið mylktið
3rd person plural mylkja mylktu 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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mylkjumk mylktumk mylkjumk mylktumk
2nd person singular mylkisk mylktisk mylkisk mylktisk
3rd person singular mylkisk mylktisk mylkisk mylktisk
1st person plural mylkjumsk mylktumsk mylkimsk mylktimsk
2nd person plural mylkizk mylktuzk mylkizk mylktizk
3rd person plural mylkjask mylktusk mylkisk mylktisk
imperative present
2nd person singular mylksk, mylkisk
1st person plural mylkjumsk
2nd person plural mylkizk

Descendants

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

Further reading

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