dengja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dangijaną, causative of *dingwaną.

Verb

dengja

  1. to beat, to hammer
  2. to sharpen (a scythe) by hammering

Conjugation

Conjugation of dengja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive dengja
present participle dengjandi
past participle dengðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dengi dengða dengja dengða
2nd person singular dengir dengðir dengir dengðir
3rd person singular dengir dengði dengi dengði
1st person plural dengjum dengðum dengim dengðim
2nd person plural dengið dengðuð dengið dengðið
3rd person plural dengja dengðu dengi dengði
imperative present
2nd person singular deng, dengi
1st person plural dengjum
2nd person plural dengið
Conjugation of dengja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive dengjask
present participle dengjandisk
past participle dengzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dengjumk dengðumk dengjumk dengðumk
2nd person singular dengisk dengðisk dengisk dengðisk
3rd person singular dengisk dengðisk dengisk dengðisk
1st person plural dengjumsk dengðumsk dengimsk dengðimsk
2nd person plural dengizk dengðuzk dengizk dengðizk
3rd person plural dengjask dengðusk dengisk dengðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular dengsk, dengisk
1st person plural dengjumsk
2nd person plural dengizk

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: denga, denge, dengja, dengje
  • Norwegian Bokmål: denge
  • Old Swedish: dængia
  • Danish: dænge


Further reading

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