œskja

See also: æskja

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ǿskja, ýskja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną, whence also Old English wȳscan, Old High German wunsken.

Verb

œskja (singular past indicative œskti, plural past indicative œsktu, past participle œsktr)

1. to wish

Conjugation

Conjugation of œskja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	œskja
present participle	œskjandi
past participle	œsktr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	œski	œskta
2nd-person singular	œskir	œsktir
3rd-person singular	œskir	œskti
1st-person plural	œskjum	œsktum
2nd-person plural	œskið	œsktuð
3rd-person plural	œskja	œsktu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	œskja	œskta
2nd-person singular	œskir	œsktir
3rd-person singular	œski	œskti
1st-person plural	œskim	œsktim
2nd-person plural	œskið	œsktið
3rd-person plural	œski	œskti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	œsk, œski
1st-person plural	œskjum
2nd-person plural	œskið

Conjugation of œskja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	œskjask
present participle	œskjandisk
past participle	œskzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	œskjumk	œsktumk
2nd-person singular	œskisk	œsktisk
3rd-person singular	œskisk	œsktisk
1st-person plural	œskjumsk	œsktumsk
2nd-person plural	œskizk	œsktuzk
3rd-person plural	œskjask	œsktusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	œskjumk	œsktumk
2nd-person singular	œskisk	œsktisk
3rd-person singular	œskisk	œsktisk
1st-person plural	œskimsk	œsktimsk
2nd-person plural	œskizk	œsktizk
3rd-person plural	œskisk	œsktisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	œsksk, œskisk
1st-person plural	œskjumsk
2nd-person plural	œskizk

Related terms

• ósk

Descendants

• Icelandic: æskja
• Faroese: ynskja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ynskja, ønskja; (dialectal) yskje, yski
• Jamtish: ønskje
• Old Swedish: ȳskia, ø̄skia, ønskia
  • Swedish: önska
• Old Danish: ȳskæ
  • Danish: ønske
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ønske
• Elfdalian: yönstja
• Gutnish: ynske