knega
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editknega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kná, third-person singular past indicative knátti, supine knátt)
- (poetic) (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be able, can, (have knowledge to do): to know
- (law) (intransitive) shall
Conjugation
editknega — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að knega | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
knátt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
knegandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kná | við knegum | present (nútíð) |
ég knegi | við knegum |
þú knátt | þið knegið | þú knegir | þið knegið | ||
hann, hún, það kná | þeir, þær, þau knega | hann, hún, það knegi | þeir, þær, þau knegi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég knátti | við knáttum | past (þátíð) |
ég knætti | við knættum |
þú knáttir | þið knáttuð | þú knættir | þið knættuð | ||
hann, hún, það knátti | þeir, þær, þau knáttu | hann, hún, það knætti | þeir, þær, þau knættu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kneg (þú) | knegið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
knegðu | knegiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom knä (“knee”). Doublet of knäa, which is derived from an alternative form of the same noun.
Verb
editknega (present knegar, preterite knegade, supine knegat, imperative knega)
- (rare, archaic) to walk with bent knees; to walk with a heavy burden
- (colloquial) to labor, to strive; to work specifically to earn money
- to toil, to plod; to work or go laboriously
Conjugation
editConjugation of knega (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | knega | knegas | ||
Supine | knegat | knegats | ||
Imperative | knega | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | knegen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | knegar | knegade | knegas | knegades |
Ind. plural1 | knega | knegade | knegas | knegades |
Subjunctive2 | knege | knegade | kneges | knegades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | knegande | |||
Past participle | knegad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editReferences
editCategories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːɣa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːɣa/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic preterite-present verbs
- Icelandic poetic terms
- Icelandic transitive verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- is:Law
- Swedish doublets
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with rare senses
- Swedish terms with archaic senses
- Swedish colloquialisms
- Swedish weak verbs