Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tryggja (third person singular past indicative tryggjaði, third person plural past indicative tryggjað, supine tryggjað)

  1. to secure
  2. to insure

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tryggja (group v-30)
infinitive tryggja
supine tryggjað
participle (a6)1 tryggjandi tryggjaður
present past
first singular tryggji tryggjaði
second singular tryggjar tryggjaði
third singular tryggjar tryggjaði
plural tryggja tryggjaðu
imperative
singular tryggja!
plural tryggjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tryggva, tryggja, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tryggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tryggði, supine tryggt)

  1. to secure
  2. to ensure, make sure (that a certain outcome is reached)
  3. to insure (provide for compensation for potential loss according to an agreement)

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • (verb):
  • (noun): tryggja (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

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From the Old Norse verb tryggja and tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

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tryggja (present tense tryggjer or tryggjar, past tense trygde or tryggja, supine trygt or trygd or tryggja, past participle trygd or tryggja, present participle tryggjande, imperative trygg or tryggja)

  1. to secure, deliver from danger

Noun

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tryggja f (definite singular tryggja, indefinite plural tryggjer or tryggjor, definite plural tryggjene or tryggjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tryggje
  2. definite singular of tryggje

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

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tryggja

  1. to make firm and trusty

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tryggja
  • Faroese: tryggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tryggja
  • Medelpadian: trö
  • Swedish: trygga
  • Danish: trygge

References

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