ryðja

See also: rydja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ryðja, Proto-Germanic *rudjaną, a variant of Proto-Germanic *reudaną (“to clear”) (in Old Norse rjóða) and Proto-Germanic *rudōną (“to clear”) (cognates in German roden, rotten reuten).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪðja/

  Rhymes: -ɪðja

Verb

ryðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ruddi, supine rutt)

1. (with accusative) to clear (an area, path, etc.)
2. (with dative) to clear (away), shove (away), push aside

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hryðja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.

Verb

ryðja (singular past indicative ruddi, plural past indicative ruddu, past participle ruddr)

1. (transitive, of land) to clear, free
2. (transitive) to clear, empty
3. (transitive, law) to challenge

Conjugation

Conjugation of ryðja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	ryðja
present participle	ryðjandi
past participle	ruddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ryð	rudda
2nd-person singular	ryðr	ruddir
3rd-person singular	ryðr	ruddi
1st-person plural	ryðjum	ruddum
2nd-person plural	ryðið	rudduð
3rd-person plural	ryðja	ruddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ryðja	rydda
2nd-person singular	ryðir	ryddir
3rd-person singular	ryði	ryddi
1st-person plural	ryðim	ryddim
2nd-person plural	ryðið	ryddið
3rd-person plural	ryði	ryddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ryð
1st-person plural	ryðjum
2nd-person plural	ryðið

Conjugation of ryðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	ryðjask
present participle	ryðjandisk
past participle	ruzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ryðjumk	ruddumk
2nd-person singular	ryzk	ruddisk
3rd-person singular	ryzk	ruddisk
1st-person plural	ryðjumsk	ruddumsk
2nd-person plural	ryðizk	rudduzk
3rd-person plural	ryðjask	ruddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ryðjumk	ryddumk
2nd-person singular	ryðisk	ryddisk
3rd-person singular	ryðisk	ryddisk
1st-person plural	ryðimsk	ryddimsk
2nd-person plural	ryðizk	ryddizk
3rd-person plural	ryðisk	ryddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ryzk
1st-person plural	ryðjumsk
2nd-person plural	ryðizk

Descendants

• Faroese: ryðja
• Icelandic: ryðja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rydja, rø; (dialectal) rya, rua, rudjø, rødja, rødda, røa, ræa
• Old Swedish: ryþia, rydhia, rödhia
  • Swedish: röja, rödja
• Old Danish: ryddæ
  • Danish: rydde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rydde
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: rydda

References

• ryðja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.