afleggja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Equivalent to af- +‎ leggja.

Verb

afleggja

1. to put aside
2. to give up, abandon

Conjugation

Conjugation of afleggja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	afleggja
present participle	afleggjandi
past participle	aflagðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	aflegg	aflagða
2nd-person singular	afleggr	aflagðir
3rd-person singular	afleggr	aflagði
1st-person plural	afleggjum	aflǫgðum
2nd-person plural	afleggið	aflǫgðuð
3rd-person plural	afleggja	aflǫgðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	afleggja	aflegða
2nd-person singular	afleggir	aflegðir
3rd-person singular	afleggi	aflegði
1st-person plural	afleggim	aflegðim
2nd-person plural	afleggið	aflegðið
3rd-person plural	afleggi	aflegði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	aflegg
1st-person plural	afleggjum
2nd-person plural	afleggið

Conjugation of afleggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	afleggjask
present participle	afleggjandisk
past participle	afleggzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	afleggjumk	aflǫgðumk
2nd-person singular	afleggsk	aflagðisk
3rd-person singular	afleggsk	aflagðisk
1st-person plural	afleggjumsk	aflǫgðumsk
2nd-person plural	afleggizk	aflǫgðuzk
3rd-person plural	afleggjask	aflǫgðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	afleggjumk	aflegðumk
2nd-person singular	afleggisk	aflegðisk
3rd-person singular	afleggisk	aflegðisk
1st-person plural	afleggimsk	aflegðimsk
2nd-person plural	afleggizk	aflegðizk
3rd-person plural	afleggisk	aflegðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	afleggsk
1st-person plural	afleggjumsk
2nd-person plural	afleggizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: afleggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avleggja
• Old Swedish: afläggia
  • Swedish: avlägga
• Danish: aflægge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avlegge

References

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