geyja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (to bark, yell), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (to call, invoke).

Verb

geyja (singular past indicative , plural past indicative , past participle gáinn)

  1. (intransitive) to bark
  2. to bark, scoff at, decry [with dative]
    gest þú né geyj-a
    do not scoff at the guest

Conjugation

Conjugation of geyja — active (strong class 6)
infinitive geyja
present participle geyjandi
past participle *gáinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gey geyja gœa
2nd person singular geyr gótt geyir gœir
3rd person singular geyr geyi gœi
1st person plural geyjum góm geyim gœim
2nd person plural geyið góð geyið gœið
3rd person plural geyja geyi gœi
imperative present
2nd person singular gey
1st person plural geyjum
2nd person plural geyið
Conjugation of geyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive geyjask
present participle geyjandisk
past participle *gáizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular geyjumk gómk geyjumk gœumk
2nd person singular geysk gózk geyisk gœisk
3rd person singular geysk gósk geyisk gœisk
1st person plural geyjumsk gómsk geyimsk gœimsk
2nd person plural geyizk gózk geyizk gœizk
3rd person plural geyjask gósk geyisk gœisk
imperative present
2nd person singular geysk
1st person plural geyjumsk
2nd person plural geyizk

Derived terms

  • (barking)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: geyja
  • Faroese: goyggja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjø
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gøy
  • Danish:

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