ýskja

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• œskja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

Verb

ýskja (singular past indicative ýskti, plural past indicative ýsktu, past participle ýsktr)

1. to wish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ýskja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	ýskja
present participle	ýskjandi
past participle	ýsktr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ýski	ýskta
2nd-person singular	ýskir	ýsktir
3rd-person singular	ýskir	ýskti
1st-person plural	ýskjum	ýsktum
2nd-person plural	ýskið	ýsktuð
3rd-person plural	ýskja	ýsktu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ýskja	ýskta
2nd-person singular	ýskir	ýsktir
3rd-person singular	ýski	ýskti
1st-person plural	ýskim	ýsktim
2nd-person plural	ýskið	ýsktið
3rd-person plural	ýski	ýskti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ýsk, ýski
1st-person plural	ýskjum
2nd-person plural	ýskið

Conjugation of ýskja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	ýskjask
present participle	ýskjandisk
past participle	ýskzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ýskjumk	ýsktumk
2nd-person singular	ýskisk	ýsktisk
3rd-person singular	ýskisk	ýsktisk
1st-person plural	ýskjumsk	ýsktumsk
2nd-person plural	ýskizk	ýsktuzk
3rd-person plural	ýskjask	ýsktusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ýskjumk	ýsktumk
2nd-person singular	ýskisk	ýsktisk
3rd-person singular	ýskisk	ýsktisk
1st-person plural	ýskimsk	ýsktimsk
2nd-person plural	ýskizk	ýsktizk
3rd-person plural	ýskisk	ýsktisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ýsksk, ýskisk
1st-person plural	ýskjumsk
2nd-person plural	ýskizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: æskja
• Faroese: ynskja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ynskja, ønskja; (dialectal) yskje, yski
• Jamtish: ønskje
• Old Swedish: ȳskia, ø̄skia, ønskia
  • Swedish: önska
• Old Danish: ȳskæ
  • Danish: ønske
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ønske
• Elfdalian: yönstja
• Gutnish: ynske

References

• ýskja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.