ydda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ydda (past tense yddi), from Proto-Germanic *uzdijaną, from *uzdaz (whence Icelandic oddur (“sharp tip, point”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪtːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪtːa

Verb

ydda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative yddaði, supine yddað)

1. make pointed, sharpen (a pencil)

Conjugation

ydda — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ydda
supine (sagnbót)		yddað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		yddandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ydda	við yddum	present (nútíð)	ég yddi	við yddum
	þú yddar	þið yddið		þú yddir	þið yddið
	hann, hún, það yddar	þeir, þær, þau ydda		hann, hún, það yddi	þeir, þær, þau yddi
past (þátíð)	ég yddaði	við ydduðum	past (þátíð)	ég yddaði	við ydduðum
	þú yddaðir	þið ydduðuð		þú yddaðir	þið ydduðuð
	hann, hún, það yddaði	þeir, þær, þau ydduðu		hann, hún, það yddaði	þeir, þær, þau ydduðu
imperative (boðháttur)	ydda (þú)	yddið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	yddaðu	yddiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

yddast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að yddast
supine (sagnbót)		yddast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		yddandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég yddast	við yddumst	present (nútíð)	ég yddist	við yddumst
	þú yddast	þið yddist		þú yddist	þið yddist
	hann, hún, það yddast	þeir, þær, þau yddast		hann, hún, það yddist	þeir, þær, þau yddist
past (þátíð)	ég yddaðist	við ydduðumst	past (þátíð)	ég yddaðist	við ydduðumst
	þú yddaðist	þið ydduðust		þú yddaðist	þið ydduðust
	hann, hún, það yddaðist	þeir, þær, þau ydduðust		hann, hún, það yddaðist	þeir, þær, þau ydduðust
imperative (boðháttur)	yddast (þú)	yddist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	yddastu	yddisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

yddaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	yddaður	ydduð	yddað		yddaðir	yddaðar	ydduð
accusative (þolfall)	yddaðan	yddaða	yddað		yddaða	yddaðar	ydduð
dative (þágufall)	ydduðum	yddaðri	ydduðu		ydduðum	ydduðum	ydduðum
genitive (eignarfall)	yddaðs	yddaðrar	yddaðs		yddaðra	yddaðra	yddaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	yddaði	yddaða	yddaða		ydduðu	ydduðu	ydduðu
accusative (þolfall)	yddaða	ydduðu	yddaða		ydduðu	ydduðu	ydduðu
dative (þágufall)	yddaða	ydduðu	yddaða		ydduðu	ydduðu	ydduðu
genitive (eignarfall)	yddaða	ydduðu	yddaða		ydduðu	ydduðu	ydduðu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzdijaną, from *uzdaz, whence also oddr.

Verb

ydda (singular past indicative yddi, plural past indicative yddu, past participle yddr)

1. to show the point to the other side

Conjugation

Conjugation of ydda — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	ydda
present participle	yddandi
past participle	yddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	yddi	ydda
2nd-person singular	yddir	yddir
3rd-person singular	yddir	yddi
1st-person plural	yddum	yddum
2nd-person plural	yddið	ydduð
3rd-person plural	ydda	yddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ydda	ydda
2nd-person singular	yddir	yddir
3rd-person singular	yddi	yddi
1st-person plural	yddim	yddim
2nd-person plural	yddið	yddið
3rd-person plural	yddi	yddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ydd, yddi
1st-person plural	yddum
2nd-person plural	yddið

Conjugation of ydda — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	yddask
present participle	yddandisk
past participle	yzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	yddumk	yddumk
2nd-person singular	yddisk	yddisk
3rd-person singular	yddisk	yddisk
1st-person plural	yddumsk	yddumsk
2nd-person plural	yddizk	ydduzk
3rd-person plural	yddask	yddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	yddumk	yddumk
2nd-person singular	yddisk	yddisk
3rd-person singular	yddisk	yddisk
1st-person plural	yddimsk	yddimsk
2nd-person plural	yddizk	yddizk
3rd-person plural	yddisk	yddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	yzk, yddisk
1st-person plural	yddumsk
2nd-person plural	yddizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: ydda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ydda, ydde
• Norwegian Bokmål: ydde

Further reading

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