þreyja
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þrawjaną.
Verb
editþreyja
- to feel for, desire, yearn after
- to suffer, endure
- Skírnismál
- lǫng es nǫ́tt, lǫng es ǫnnur
hvé of þreyja’k þríar?- long is a night, long is another; how can I endure three?
- Skírnismál
Conjugation
editConjugation of þreyja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | þreyja | |
---|---|---|
present participle | þreyjandi | |
past participle | þráðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þrey | þráða |
2nd-person singular | þreyr | þráðir |
3rd-person singular | þreyr | þráði |
1st-person plural | þreyjum | þráðum |
2nd-person plural | þreyið | þráðuð |
3rd-person plural | þreyja | þráðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þreyja | þræða |
2nd-person singular | þreyir | þræðir |
3rd-person singular | þreyi | þræði |
1st-person plural | þreyim | þræðim |
2nd-person plural | þreyið | þræðið |
3rd-person plural | þreyi | þræði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þrey | |
1st-person plural | þreyjum | |
2nd-person plural | þreyið |
Conjugation of þreyja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | þreyjask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | þreyjandisk | |
past participle | þrázk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þreyjumk | þráðumk |
2nd-person singular | þreysk | þráðisk |
3rd-person singular | þreysk | þráðisk |
1st-person plural | þreyjumsk | þráðumsk |
2nd-person plural | þreyizk | þráðuzk |
3rd-person plural | þreyjask | þráðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þreyjumk | þræðumk |
2nd-person singular | þreyisk | þræðisk |
3rd-person singular | þreyisk | þræðisk |
1st-person plural | þreyimsk | þræðimsk |
2nd-person plural | þreyizk | þræðizk |
3rd-person plural | þreyisk | þræðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þreysk | |
1st-person plural | þreyjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | þreyizk |
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: þreyja
References
edit- þreyja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- “þreyja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen