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negla

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

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negla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative negldi, supine neglt)

  1. to nail [with accusative]
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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negla f (genitive singular neglu, nominative plural neglur)

  1. stopper, plug
Declension
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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negla (present tense neglar or negler, past tense negla or neglde, supine negla or neglt, past participle negla or negld, present participle neglande, imperative negl)

  1. alternative form of nagle

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

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negla (past participle negldr)

  1. to nail, to fasten or stud with nails

Conjugation

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Conjugation of negla — active (weak class 1)
infinitive negla
present participle neglandi
past participle negldr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular negli neglda negla neglda
2nd person singular neglir negldir neglir negldir
3rd person singular neglir negldi negli negldi
1st person plural neglum negldum neglim negldim
2nd person plural neglið neglduð neglið negldið
3rd person plural negla negldu negli negldi
imperative present
2nd person singular negl, negli
1st person plural neglum
2nd person plural neglið
Conjugation of negla — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive neglask
present participle neglandisk
past participle neglzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular neglumk negldumk neglumk negldumk
2nd person singular neglisk negldisk neglisk negldisk
3rd person singular neglisk negldisk neglisk negldisk
1st person plural neglumsk negldumsk neglimsk negldimsk
2nd person plural neglizk neglduzk neglizk negldizk
3rd person plural neglask negldusk neglisk negldisk
imperative present
2nd person singular neglsk, neglisk
1st person plural neglumsk
2nd person plural neglizk
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: negla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagle, nagla, negla, negle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nagle
  • Old Danish: næglæ

Further reading

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