See also: plægja and pløgja

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *plōgijaną (a plough), equivalent to plógr (a plough) +‎ -ja (causative verbal suffix); compare German pflügen (to plow, to plough).

Verb

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plǿgja

  1. to plough

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: plægja
  • Faroese: pløga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pløya, pløye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pløye
  • Swedish: plöja
  • Danish: pløje