geyja
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, yell”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of geyja — active (strong class 6)
| infinitive | geyja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | geyjandi | |
| past participle | *gáinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | gey | gó |
| 2nd-person singular | geyr | gótt |
| 3rd-person singular | geyr | gó |
| 1st-person plural | geyjum | góm |
| 2nd-person plural | geyið | góð |
| 3rd-person plural | geyja | gó |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | geyja | gœa |
| 2nd-person singular | geyir | gœir |
| 3rd-person singular | geyi | gœi |
| 1st-person plural | geyim | gœim |
| 2nd-person plural | geyið | gœið |
| 3rd-person plural | geyi | gœi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | gey | |
| 1st-person plural | geyjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | geyið | |
Conjugation of geyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
| infinitive | geyjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | geyjandisk | |
| past participle | *gáizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | geyjumk | gómk |
| 2nd-person singular | geysk | gózk |
| 3rd-person singular | geysk | gósk |
| 1st-person plural | geyjumsk | gómsk |
| 2nd-person plural | geyizk | gózk |
| 3rd-person plural | geyjask | gósk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | geyjumk | gœumk |
| 2nd-person singular | geyisk | gœisk |
| 3rd-person singular | geyisk | gœisk |
| 1st-person plural | geyimsk | gœimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | geyizk | gœizk |
| 3rd-person plural | geyisk | gœisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | geysk | |
| 1st-person plural | geyjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | geyizk | |
Descendants
References
- “geyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1259, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1259
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