knega

See also: knéga and knëga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰneiːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːɣa

Verb

knega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kná, third-person singular past indicative knátti, supine knátt)

  1. (poetic) (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be able, can, (have knowledge to do): to know
  2. (law) (intransitive) shall

Conjugation
knega — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að knega
supine
(sagnbót)		 knátt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 knegandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég kná við knegum present
(nútíð)		 ég knegi við knegum
þú knátt þið knegið þú knegir þið knegið
hann, hún, það kná þeir, þær, þau knega hann, hún, það knegi þeir, þær, þau knegi
past
(þátíð)		 ég knátti við knáttum past
(þátíð)		 ég knætti við knættum
þú knáttir þið knáttuð þú knættir þið knættuð
hann, hún, það knátti þeir, þær, þau knáttu hann, hún, það knætti þeir, þær, þau knættu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 kneg (þú) knegið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
knegðu knegiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Swedish

Etymology

From knä (“knee”). Doublet of knäa, which is derived from an alternative form of the same noun.

Verb

knega (present knegar, preterite knegade, supine knegat, imperative knega)

  1. (rare, archaic) to walk with bent knees; to walk with a heavy burden
  2. (colloquial) to labor, to strive; to work specifically to earn money
  3. to toil, to plod; to work or go laboriously

Conjugation
Conjugation of knega (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive knega knegas
Supine knegat knegats
Imperative knega —
Imper. plural1 knegen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative knegar knegade knegas knegades
Ind. plural1 knega knegade knegas knegades
Subjunctive2 knege knegade kneges knegades
Participles
Present participle knegande
Past participle knegad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
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