knega

See also: knéga and knëga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰneiːɣa/
Rhymes: -eiːɣa

Verb

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

knega — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
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)
	knegðu	knegiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Swedish

Etymology

From knä (“knee”). Doublet of knäa, which is derived from an alternative form of the same noun.

Verb

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

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.

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