bergja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bergja, from Proto-Germanic *bargijaną.

Verb

bergja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bergði, supine bergt)

1. to sip

   Að bergja á miðinum.

   To take a sip of mead.

Usage notes

• Often used with the preposition á (“on”) governing the dative case.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bargijaną. Cognate with Old English bierġan (“to taste, partake of”).

Verb

bergja

1. (transitive, with dative) to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of bergja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	bergja
present participle	bergjandi
past participle	bergðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bergi	bergða
2nd-person singular	bergir	bergðir
3rd-person singular	bergir	bergði
1st-person plural	bergjum	bergðum
2nd-person plural	bergið	bergðuð
3rd-person plural	bergja	bergðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bergja	bergða
2nd-person singular	bergir	bergðir
3rd-person singular	bergi	bergði
1st-person plural	bergim	bergðim
2nd-person plural	bergið	bergðið
3rd-person plural	bergi	bergði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	berg, bergi
1st-person plural	bergjum
2nd-person plural	bergið

Conjugation of bergja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	bergjask
present participle	bergjandisk
past participle	bergzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bergjumk	bergðumk
2nd-person singular	bergisk	bergðisk
3rd-person singular	bergisk	bergðisk
1st-person plural	bergjumsk	bergðumsk
2nd-person plural	bergizk	bergðuzk
3rd-person plural	bergjask	bergðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bergjumk	bergðumk
2nd-person singular	bergisk	bergðisk
3rd-person singular	bergisk	bergðisk
1st-person plural	bergimsk	bergðimsk
2nd-person plural	bergizk	bergðizk
3rd-person plural	bergisk	bergðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bergsk, bergisk
1st-person plural	bergjumsk
2nd-person plural	bergizk

Derived terms

• bergibiti m (“a bit to taste”)
• bergiligr (“inviting to taste”)
• berging f (“taste, tasting”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bergja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bergja

References

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