Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

beygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beygði, supine beygt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to bend
  2. (intransitive) to turn
    beygja til hægri.
    To turn to the right.
  3. (grammar, transitive) to inflect

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Noun edit

beygja f (genitive singular beygju, nominative plural beygjur)

  1. bend, curve
  2. turn
    Snörp beygja.
    A sharp turn.

Declension edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Verb edit

beygja (past participle beygðr)

  1. to bend, bow

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: beygja
  • Faroese: boyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøygja, bøya
  • Old Swedish: bø̄ghia
  • Danish: bøje

References edit

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