ýskja

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish, love).

Verb

ýskja (singular past indicative ýskti, plural past indicative ýsktu, past participle ýsktr)

  1. to wish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ýskja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive ýskja
present participle ýskjandi
past participle ýsktr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ýski ýskta ýskja ýskta
2nd person singular ýskir ýsktir ýskir ýsktir
3rd person singular ýskir ýskti ýski ýskti
1st person plural ýskjum ýsktum ýskim ýsktim
2nd person plural ýskið ýsktuð ýskið ýsktið
3rd person plural ýskja ýsktu ýski ýskti
imperative present
2nd person singular ýsk, ýski
1st person plural ýskjum
2nd person plural ýskið
Conjugation of ýskja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive ýskjask
present participle ýskjandisk
past participle ýskzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ýskjumk ýsktumk ýskjumk ýsktumk
2nd person singular ýskisk ýsktisk ýskisk ýsktisk
3rd person singular ýskisk ýsktisk ýskisk ýsktisk
1st person plural ýskjumsk ýsktumsk ýskimsk ýsktimsk
2nd person plural ýskizk ýsktuzk ýskizk ýsktizk
3rd person plural ýskjask ýsktusk ýskisk ýsktisk
imperative present
2nd person singular ýsksk, ýskisk
1st person plural ýskjumsk
2nd person plural ýskizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: æskja
  • Faroese: ynskja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ynskja, ønskja; (dialectal) yskje, yski
  • Jamtish: ønskje
  • Old Swedish: ȳskia, ø̄skia, ønskia
  • Old Danish: ȳskæ
  • Elfdalian: yönstja
  • Gutnish: ynske

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ýskja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507; also available at the Internet Archive