See also: tjá, tjå, and ýja

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þjá, from older þéa, from Proto-Germanic *þewāną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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þjá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þjáði, supine þjáð)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pain, plague, cause (one) to suffer

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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  • þéa (before the éa > já change)

Etymology

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From older þéa, from Proto-Germanic *þewāną (to enslave, subject), from *þewaz, *þegwaz (slave). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to run).

Verb

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þjá (singular past indicative þjáði, plural past indicative þjáðu, past participle þjáðr)

  1. to constrain, enthral, enslave
    hann var þjáðr til vinnu
    he was forced to work as a bondsman

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • þján f (bondage, servitude, oppression)
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: þjá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjå

References

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  • þjá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.