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synja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse synja, from Proto-Germanic *sunjōną.

Pronunciation

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synja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative synjaði, supine synjað)

  1. to refuse
    Synonyms: neita, afsegja, aftaka, hafna

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sunjōną.

Verb

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synja

  1. to deny
    sannaði annarr, en annarr synjaði
    one confessed, but the other denied
  2. to deny [with genitive ‘a charge’]
  3. to refuse, deny [with dative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘something’]
    Hana elskuðu margir ok hon synjaði fám síns vilja
    Many loved her, and she denied few their will

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: synja

Further reading

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