plǿgja

See also: plægja and pløgja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *plōgijaną (“a plough”), equivalent to plógr (“a plough”) +‎ -ja (causative verbal suffix); compare German pflügen (“to plow, to plough”).

Verb

plǿgja

  1. to plough

Descendants

  • Icelandic: plægja
  • Faroese: pløga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pløya, pløye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pløye
  • Swedish: plöja
  • Danish: pløje
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