œgja

See also: ægja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ōgijaną (“to frighten, to scare”), causative of *aganą (“to fear, to be scared”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan), Old English onœ̄ġan.

Verb

œgja

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to frighten
  2. to portray something as terrible, to exaggerate

Declension
Conjugation of œgja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive œgja
present participle œgjandi
past participle œgðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular œgi œgða
2nd-person singular œgir œgðir
3rd-person singular œgir œgði
1st-person plural œgjum œgðum
2nd-person plural œgið œgðuð
3rd-person plural œgja œgðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular œgja œgða
2nd-person singular œgir œgðir
3rd-person singular œgi œgði
1st-person plural œgim œgðim
2nd-person plural œgið œgðið
3rd-person plural œgi œgði
imperative present
2nd-person singular œg, œgi
1st-person plural œgjum
2nd-person plural œgið
Conjugation of œgja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive œgjask
present participle œgjandisk
past participle œgzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular œgjumk œgðumk
2nd-person singular œgisk œgðisk
3rd-person singular œgisk œgðisk
1st-person plural œgjumsk œgðumsk
2nd-person plural œgizk œgðuzk
3rd-person plural œgjask œgðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular œgjumk œgðumk
2nd-person singular œgisk œgðisk
3rd-person singular œgisk œgðisk
1st-person plural œgimsk œgðimsk
2nd-person plural œgizk œgðizk
3rd-person plural œgisk œgðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular œgsk, œgisk
1st-person plural œgjumsk
2nd-person plural œgizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: ægja
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