knega
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
knega (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 edit
knega — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að knega | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
Etymology edit
From knä (“knee”). Doublet of knäa, which is derived from an alternative form of the same noun.
Verb edit
knega (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 edit
Conjugation of knega (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||