fleygja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleygja, from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleiːja/
    Rhymes: -eiːja

Verb

fleygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fleygði, supine fleygt)

  1. to fling, throw
  2. to throw away (trash, etc.)

Conjugation

fleygja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fleygja
supine sagnbót fleygt
present participle
fleygjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fleygi fleygði fleygi fleygði
þú fleygir fleygðir fleygir fleygðir
hann, hún, það fleygir fleygði fleygi fleygði
plural við fleygjum fleygðum fleygjum fleygðum
þið fleygið fleygðuð fleygið fleygðuð
þeir, þær, þau fleygja fleygðu fleygi fleygðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fleyg (þú), fleygðu
plural þið fleygið (þið), fleygiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną.

Verb

fleygja (past participle fleygðr)

  1. to fling; make fly
  2. to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleygja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fleygja
present participle fleygjandi
past participle fleygðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fleygi fleygða fleygja fleygða
2nd person singular fleygir fleygðir fleygir fleygðir
3rd person singular fleygir fleygði fleygi fleygði
1st person plural fleygjum fleygðum fleygim fleygðim
2nd person plural fleygið fleygðuð fleygið fleygðið
3rd person plural fleygja fleygðu fleygi fleygði
imperative present
2nd person singular fleyg, fleygi
1st person plural fleygjum
2nd person plural fleygið
Conjugation of fleygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fleygjask
present participle fleygjandisk
past participle fleygzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fleygjumk fleygðumk fleygjumk fleygðumk
2nd person singular fleygisk fleygðisk fleygisk fleygðisk
3rd person singular fleygisk fleygðisk fleygisk fleygðisk
1st person plural fleygjumsk fleygðumsk fleygimsk fleygðimsk
2nd person plural fleygizk fleygðuzk fleygizk fleygðizk
3rd person plural fleygjask fleygðusk fleygisk fleygðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular fleygsk, fleygisk
1st person plural fleygjumsk
2nd person plural fleygizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fleygja
  • Faroese: floyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fløygje, fløygja
  • Old Swedish: flø̄ghia
    • Swedish: flöja

Further reading

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