œskja

See also: æskja

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną, whence also Old English wȳscan, Old High German wunsken.

Verb

œskja (singular past indicative œskti, plural past indicative œsktu, past participle œsktr)

  1. to wish

Conjugation

Conjugation of œskja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive œskja
present participle œskjandi
past participle œsktr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular œski œskta œskja œskta
2nd person singular œskir œsktir œskir œsktir
3rd person singular œskir œskti œski œskti
1st person plural œskjum œsktum œskim œsktim
2nd person plural œskið œsktuð œskið œsktið
3rd person plural œskja œsktu œski œskti
imperative present
2nd person singular œsk, œski
1st person plural œskjum
2nd person plural œskið
Conjugation of œskja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive œskjask
present participle œskjandisk
past participle œskzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular œskjumk œsktumk œskjumk œsktumk
2nd person singular œskisk œsktisk œskisk œsktisk
3rd person singular œskisk œsktisk œskisk œsktisk
1st person plural œskjumsk œsktumsk œskimsk œsktimsk
2nd person plural œskizk œsktuzk œskizk œsktizk
3rd person plural œskjask œsktusk œskisk œsktisk
imperative present
2nd person singular œsksk, œskisk
1st person plural œskjumsk
2nd person plural œskizk

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