Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

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negla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative negldi, supine neglt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to nail
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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negla f (genitive singular neglu, nominative plural neglur)

  1. stopper, plug
Declension
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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negla (present tense neglar or negler, past tense negla or neglde, supine negla or neglt, past participle negla or negld, present participle neglande, imperative negl)

  1. alternative form of nagle

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

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negla (past participle negldr)

  1. to nail, to fasten or stud with nails

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: negla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagle, nagla, negla, negle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nagle
  • Old Danish: næglæ

References

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