flysja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • flysje

Etymology

From Old Norse flysja. The noun might be derived from the verb.

Verb

flysja (present tense flys, past tense fluste, past participle flust, passive infinitive flysjast, present participle flysjande, imperative flys)

  1. a-infinitive and split infinitive form of flysje

Noun

flysja f (definite singular flysja, indefinite plural flysjer or flysjor, definite plural flysjene or flysjone)

  1. definite singular of flysje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of flysje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

flysja (singular past indicative flusti, plural past indicative flustu, past participle flustr)

  1. to split, to cut in slides

Conjugation

Conjugation of flysja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive flysja
present participle flysjandi
past participle flustr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular flys flusta flysja flysta
2nd person singular flyss flustir flysir flystir
3rd person singular flyss flusti flysi flysti
1st person plural flysjum flustum flysim flystim
2nd person plural flysið flustuð flysið flystið
3rd person plural flysja flustu flysi flysti
imperative present
2nd person singular flys
1st person plural flysjum
2nd person plural flysið

Descendants

  • Faroese: flysa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flysja, flysje

Further reading

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