yrkja

yrkja (third person singular past indicative yrkti, third person plural past indicative yrkt, supine yrkt)

1. to write poetry, to compose

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪr̥ca/
• Rhymes: -ɪr̥ca

yrkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative yrkti, supine yrkt)

1. to cultivate, to till [with accusative]

yrkja f (genitive singular yrkju, nominative plural yrkjur)

1. cultivation

• akuryrkja (“agriculture”)
• garðyrkja (“horticulture”)

yrkja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative orti, third-person plural past indicative ortu, supine ort)

1. to compose, to write (poetry or verse) [with accusative]

   Synonym: kveða

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• yrkje, yrka, yrke

From Old Norse yrkja, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti of the root *werǵ-. In an ablaut relationship with verk (from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”)).

• IPA^(key): /²ʏr.çɑ/

yrkja (present tense yrkjer, past tense yrkte, past participle yrkt, passive infinitive yrkjast, present participle yrkjande, imperative yrk)

1. to make, to do
2. to work
3. to create
4. (poetry) to compose

• “yrkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “yrkja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Proto-Norse ᚹᛟᚱᚨᚺᛏᛟ (worahto /⁠worᵃhtō⁠/), ᚹᚢᚱᛏᛖ (wurte /⁠wurtē⁠/), ᛟᚱᛏᛖ (orte /⁠ortē⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”).

yrkja (present indicative yrkir, past indicative orti, supine ort)

1. (transitive) to work
2. to compose (law or poetry)
   • Snorri Sturluson, Ynglinga Saga, chapter 55

     Rögnvaldr hét son Ólafs konungs, er konungr var á Vestfold eptir föðr sinn. Hann var kallaðr heiðum hæri. Um hann orti Þjóðólfr hinn hvinverski Ynglinga tal, þar segir hann svá:

     King Olaf's son, who was the King of Vestfold after his father, was named Ragnvald. He was called high with honours. About him Thjódólf of Hvinir composed Ynglingatal, where he says this:

   • Snorri Sturluson, Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar, chapter 90

     Hallfreðr sagði: Hvat gefr þú mér, konungr, at nafnfesti, ef ek skal heita vandræðaskáld? Konungr gaf honum sverð, ok fylgði engi umgerð. Konungr mælti: Yrk nú vísu um sverðit ok lát sverð vera í hverju vísuorði.

     Hallfred said: What do you give me, O king, as a name-gift, if I shall be called “Poet of Troubles”? The king gave him a sword, but no scabbard followed. The king spoke: Compose now a stanza about the sword, and have (the word) “sword” be in every line.

• Icelandic: yrkja, orka
• Faroese: yrkja, orka
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: yrke, orke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: yrkja, yrke, orka, orke
• Elfdalian: yrtja, uorka
• Old Swedish: yrkia, orka
  • Swedish: yrka, orka
• Old Danish: yrkæ, orkæ
  • Danish: ørke, orke
• Old Gutnish: yrkia, orka
  • Gutnish: yrke, orke
• → Middle English: irken
  • English: irk

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