smeygja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną.

Verb

smeygja (past participle smeygðr)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to slip

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Faroese: smoyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smøya, smøye

References

  • smeygja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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