See also: fljuga

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fljúga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaug, third-person plural past indicative flugu, supine flogið)

  1. (intransitive) to fly

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Cognate with Old English flēoġan (Modern English fly), Old Frisian fliāga (Saterland Frisian fljooge), Old Saxon fliogan (Low German flegen), Old Dutch fliogan (Dutch vliegen), Old High German fliogan (German fliegen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian plaũkti.

Verb edit

fljúga (singular past indicative flaug, plural past indicative flugu, past participle floginn)

  1. to fly

Conjugation edit

Having a final -g, the past indicative singular form may be fló instead of the otherwise regular flaug. In the second person, the final -t is geminated so that fló + -t = flótt.

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Descendants edit

References edit

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