gnýja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gneujaną. Compare Swedish gny (to clamour, to roar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkniːja/
    Rhymes: -iːja

Verb

gnýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gnúði, supine gnúið)

  1. to rage, to roar

Conjugation

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gnýja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur gnýja
supine sagnbót gnúið
present participle
gnýjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gný gnúði gnýi gnýði
þú gnýrð gnúðir gnýir gnýðir
hann, hún, það gnýr gnúði gnýi gnýði
plural við gnýjum gnúðum gnýjum gnýðum
þið gnýið gnúðuð gnýið gnýðuð
þeir, þær, þau gnýja gnúðu gnýi gnýðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gný (þú), gnýðu
plural þið gnýið (þið), gnýiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gnúinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
gnúinn gnúin gnúið gnúnir gnúnar gnúin
accusative
(þolfall)
gnúinn gnúna gnúið gnúna gnúnar gnúin
dative
(þágufall)
gnúnum gnúinni gnúnu gnúnum gnúnum gnúnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
gnúins gnúinnar gnúins gnúinna gnúinna gnúinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
gnúni gnúna gnúna gnúnu gnúnu gnúnu
accusative
(þolfall)
gnúna gnúnu gnúna gnúnu gnúnu gnúnu
dative
(þágufall)
gnúna gnúnu gnúna gnúnu gnúnu gnúnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
gnúna gnúnu gnúna gnúnu gnúnu gnúnu

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

gnýja (singular past indicative gnúði, plural past indicative gnúðu, past participle gnúiðr)

  1. (intransitive) to roar

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive gnýja
present participle gnýjandi
past participle gnúðr, gnúiðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gný gnúða gnýja gnýða
2nd person singular gnýr gnúðir gnýir gnýðir
3rd person singular gnýr gnúði gnýi gnýði
1st person plural gnýjum gnúðum gnýim gnýðim
2nd person plural gnýið gnúðuð gnýið gnýðið
3rd person plural gnýja gnúðu gnýi gnýði
imperative present
2nd person singular gný
1st person plural gnýjum
2nd person plural gnýið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gnýja

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gnýja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 168; also available at the Internet Archive