Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse drykkja.

Noun edit

drykkja f (genitive singular drykkju, nominative plural drykkjur)

  1. drinking (act of drinking)
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Etymology 2 edit

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Verb edit

drykkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative drykkjaði, supine drykkjað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to give someone a drink, to refresh with drink
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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

drykkja f (genitive drykkju)

  1. drinking
  2. drink, beverage
  3. drinkingbout, banquet
  4. (rare) drinkingcup

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: drykkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drykkje

References edit

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