Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse eygja, from Proto-Germanic *augijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

eygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eygði, supine eygt)

  1. to eye, sight

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *augijaną.

Verb edit

eygja (past participle eygðr)

  1. to eye

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: eygja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øygja, øygje
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ghia

References edit

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