þykkja
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɪhca/
- Rhymes: -ɪhca
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”).
Verb
þykkja
- to be thought to be, seem to be, be esteemed or reckoned as
- (with dative) it seems to one, one thinks
- c. 1200, Sólarljóð, Stanza 35, edition by Sophus Bugge
- Glaðr at mörgu
þótta ek gumnum vera,
þvíat ek vissa fátt fyrir;- Merry at much
to men I seemed to be
for I knew little [of what was] ahead
- Merry at much
- c. 1200, Sólarljóð, Stanza 35, edition by Sophus Bugge
- (reflexive) to seem to oneself, think oneself, think
Conjugation
Conjugation of þykkja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | þykkja | |
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present participle | þykkjandi | |
past participle | þóttr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þykki | þótta |
2nd-person singular | þykkir | þóttir |
3rd-person singular | þykkir | þótti |
1st-person plural | þykkjum | þóttum |
2nd-person plural | þykkið | þóttuð |
3rd-person plural | þykkja | þóttu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þykkja | þótta |
2nd-person singular | þykkir | þóttir |
3rd-person singular | þykki | þótti |
1st-person plural | þykkim | þóttim |
2nd-person plural | þykkið | þóttið |
3rd-person plural | þykki | þótti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þykk, þykki | |
1st-person plural | þykkjum | |
2nd-person plural | þykkið |
Conjugation of þykkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | þykkjask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | þykkjandisk | |
past participle | þykkzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þykkjumk | þóttumk |
2nd-person singular | þykkisk | þóttisk |
3rd-person singular | þykkisk | þóttisk |
1st-person plural | þykkjumsk | þóttumsk |
2nd-person plural | þykkizk | þóttuzk |
3rd-person plural | þykkjask | þóttusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þykkjumk | þóttumk |
2nd-person singular | þykkisk | þóttisk |
3rd-person singular | þykkisk | þóttisk |
1st-person plural | þykkimsk | þóttimsk |
2nd-person plural | þykkizk | þóttizk |
3rd-person plural | þykkisk | þóttisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þykksk, þykkisk | |
1st-person plural | þykkjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | þykkizk |
Descendants
Declension
Derived terms
- þykkjudráttr m
- þykkjulauss
- þykkjumikill
Descendants
- Swedish: tycke, tycko
References
- þykkja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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