hrjóða

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hreuþaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).[1]

Verb

hrjóða (singular past indicative hrauð, plural past indicative hruðu, past participle hroðinn)

  1. to unload
  2. to strip, disable
  3. (impersonal) to cause to clear away [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "clear away" with the dative object as the subject)
    mun hroðit myrkvanum
    the fog will have cleared away

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrjóða — active (strong class 2)
infinitive hrjóða
present participle hrjóðandi
past participle hroðinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hrýð hrauð hrjóða hryða
2nd person singular hrýðr hrautt hrjóðir hryðir
3rd person singular hrýðr hrauð hrjóði hryði
1st person plural hrjóðum hruðum hrjóðim hryðim
2nd person plural hrjóðið hruðuð hrjóðið hryðið
3rd person plural hrjóða hruðu hrjóði hryði
imperative present
2nd person singular hrjóð
1st person plural hrjóðum
2nd person plural hrjóðið
Conjugation of hrjóða — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive hrjóðask
present participle hrjóðandisk
past participle hroðizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hrjóðumk hruðumk hrjóðumk hryðumk
2nd person singular hrýzk hrauzk hrjóðisk hryðisk
3rd person singular hrýzk hrauzk hrjóðisk hryðisk
1st person plural hrjóðumsk hruðumsk hrjóðimsk hryðimsk
2nd person plural hrjóðizk hruðuzk hrjóðizk hryðizk
3rd person plural hrjóðask hruðusk hrjóðisk hryðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hrjózk
1st person plural hrjóðumsk
2nd person plural hrjóðizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hrjóða
  • Faroese: rjóða
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ry

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “616-17”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 616-17

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “hrjóða” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrjóða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 210; also available at the Internet Archive