beðja

See also: bedja

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛðja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛðja

Noun

beðja f (genitive singular beðju, nominative plural beðjur)

  1. beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)

Declension

Declension of beðja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beðja beðjan beðjur beðjurnar
accusative beðju beðjuna beðjur beðjurnar
dative beðju beðjunni beðjum beðjunum
genitive beðju beðjunnar beðja beðjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *badjǭ, *gabadjǭ.

Noun

beðja f (genitive beðju)

  1. bedfellow, wife

Declension

Declension of beðja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beðja beðjan beðjur beðjurnar
accusative beðju beðjuna beðjur beðjurnar
dative beðju beðjunni beðjum beðjunum
genitive beðju beðjunnar beðja beðjanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45; also available at the Internet Archive
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