hegna
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hegna, from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hegna, Swedish hägna, Danish hegne, English hain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛkna/
- Rhymes: -ɛkna
Verb
hegna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hegndi, supine hegnt)
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að hegna | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | hegnt | |||||
| present participle |
hegnandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | hegni | hegndi | hegni | hegndi | |
| þú | hegnir | hegndir | hegnir | hegndir | ||
| hann, hún, það | hegnir | hegndi | hegni | hegndi | ||
| plural | við | hegnum | hegndum | hegnum | hegndum | |
| þið | hegnið | hegnduð | hegnið | hegnduð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | hegna | hegndu | hegni | hegndu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | hegn (þú), hegndu | ||||
| plural | þið | hegnið (þið), hegniði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
| infinitive nafnháttur | að hegnast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | hegnst | |||||
| present participle |
hegnandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | hegnist | hegndist | hegnist | hegndist | |
| þú | hegnist | hegndist | hegnist | hegndist | ||
| hann, hún, það | hegnist | hegndist | hegnist | hegndist | ||
| plural | við | hegnumst | hegndumst | hegnumst | hegndumst | |
| þið | hegnist | hegndust | hegnist | hegndust | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | hegnast | hegndust | hegnist | hegndust | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | hegnst (þú), hegnstu | ||||
| plural | þið | hegnist (þið), hegnisti1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
- hegning (“punishment”)