tjúga

See also: tjuga

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to drag, pull”). Thence also the past participle toginn.

Noun

tjúga f (genitive tjúgu)

  1. pitchfork

Declension

Declension of tjúga (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjúga tjúgan tjúgur tjúgurnar
accusative tjúgu tjúguna tjúgur tjúgurnar
dative tjúgu tjúgunni tjúgum tjúgunum
genitive tjúgu tjúgunnar tjúgna tjúgnanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tjuge f or m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjuge f
  • Swedish: tjuga c

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tjúga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 439; also available at the Internet Archive
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