tegja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tæɪ̯ɑ/, /²tɛːʝɑ/
• Homophones: tæja, tægja, teia
• Rhymes: -æɪ̯ɑ, -ɛːʝɑ

Verb

tegja (present tense tegjer, past tense tagde, past participle tagt, imperative teg)

1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of teia (“to become silent”)

   Synonym: tagna

   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs], page 212:

     Han skal tegja, some heve inkje til å segja.

     He should keep silent, who has nothing to say.

References

• “tegja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring