smeygja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną.

Verb

smeygja (past participle smeygðr)

  1. to slip [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeygja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive smeygja
present participle smeygjandi
past participle smeygðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular smeygi smeygða smeygja smeygða
2nd person singular smeygir smeygðir smeygir smeygðir
3rd person singular smeygir smeygði smeygi smeygði
1st person plural smeygjum smeygðum smeygim smeygðim
2nd person plural smeygið smeygðuð smeygið smeygðið
3rd person plural smeygja smeygðu smeygi smeygði
imperative present
2nd person singular smeyg, smeygi
1st person plural smeygjum
2nd person plural smeygið
Conjugation of smeygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive smeygjask
present participle smeygjandisk
past participle smeygzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular smeygjumk smeygðumk smeygjumk smeygðumk
2nd person singular smeygisk smeygðisk smeygisk smeygðisk
3rd person singular smeygisk smeygðisk smeygisk smeygðisk
1st person plural smeygjumsk smeygðumsk smeygimsk smeygðimsk
2nd person plural smeygizk smeygðuzk smeygizk smeygðizk
3rd person plural smeygjask smeygðusk smeygisk smeygðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular smeygsk, smeygisk
1st person plural smeygjumsk
2nd person plural smeygizk

Descendants

  • Faroese: smoyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smøya, smøye

Further reading

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