Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb edit

negla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative negldi, supine neglt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to nail
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

negla f (genitive singular neglu, nominative plural neglur)

  1. stopper, plug
Declension edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

negla (present tense neglar or negler, past tense negla or neglde, supine negla or neglt, past participle negla or negld, present participle neglande, imperative negl)

  1. alternative form of nagle

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb edit

negla (past participle negldr)

  1. to nail, to fasten or stud with nails

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: negla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagle, nagla, negla, negle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nagle
  • Old Danish: næglæ

References edit

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