Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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deyja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative , third-person plural past indicative dóu, supine dáið)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    Synonyms: andast, sálast, fá bana, látast, (archaic) deyja burt, sofna svefninum langa, sofna hinsta svefni
    Hún úr krabbameini.She died of cancer.
    Hundruð manna dóu úr hor.Hundreds died of hunger.
    Við munum öll deyja!We are all going to die!
    deyja úr kulda.To die from exposure.
  2. (intransitive) to pass out from drinking
  3. (intransitive, of fire) to go out
    Synonym: slokkna
  4. (intransitive, nautical, of the ocean) to calm down, to subside
    Synonyms: stillast, lygna
  5. (intransitive, of grass) to wither
    Synonyms: falla, sölna

Conjugation

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deyja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur deyja
supine sagnbót dáið
present participle
deyjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég dey deyi dæi
þú deyrð dóst deyir dæir
hann, hún, það deyr deyi dæi
plural við deyjum dóum deyjum dæjum
þið deyið dóuð deyið dæjuð
þeir, þær, þau deyja dóu deyi dæju
imperative boðháttur
singular þú dey (þú), deyðu
plural þið deyið (þið), deyiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
deyjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur deyjast
supine sagnbót dáist
present participle
deyjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég deyst dóst deyist dæist
þú deyst dóst deyist dæist
hann, hún, það deyst dóst deyist dæist
plural við deyjumst dóumst deyjumst dæjumst
þið deyist dóust deyist dæjust
þeir, þær, þau deyjast dóust deyist dæjust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú deyst (þú), deystu
plural þið deyist (þið), deyisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
dáinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
dáinn dáin dáið dánir dánar dáin
accusative
(þolfall)
dáinn dána dáið dána dánar dáin
dative
(þágufall)
dánum dáinni dánu dánum dánum dánum
genitive
(eignarfall)
dáins dáinnar dáins dáinna dáinna dáinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
dáni dána dána dánu dánu dánu
accusative
(þolfall)
dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu
dative
(þágufall)
dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu
genitive
(eignarfall)
dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, whence also English die, Old High German touwen.

Verb

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deyja (singular past indicative , plural past indicative , past participle dáinn)

  1. to die
    • 800s, Hávamál, verse 76
      Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
      deyr sjalfr it sama,
      en orðstírr / deyr aldregi,
      hveim er sér góðan getr.
      Cattle die, / kinsmen die;
      the self dies the same.
      But a word-glory / never dies
      for him, who a good one gets.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of deyja — active (strong class 6)
infinitive deyja
present participle deyjandi
past participle dáinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dey deyja dǿa
2nd person singular deyr dótt deyir dǿir
3rd person singular deyr deyi dǿi
1st person plural deyjum dóm deyim dǿim
2nd person plural deyið dóð deyið dǿið
3rd person plural deyja deyi dǿi
imperative present
2nd person singular dey
1st person plural deyjum
2nd person plural deyið
Conjugation of deyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive deyjask
present participle deyjandisk
past participle dáizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular deyjumk dómk deyjumk dǿumk
2nd person singular deysk dózk deyisk dǿisk
3rd person singular deysk dósk deyisk dǿisk
1st person plural deyjumsk dómsk deyimsk dǿimsk
2nd person plural deyizk dózk deyizk dǿizk
3rd person plural deyjask dósk deyisk dǿisk
imperative present
2nd person singular deysk
1st person plural deyjumsk
2nd person plural deyizk

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “deyja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive