fleygja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleygja, from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfleija]

  Rhymes: -eiːja

Verb

fleygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fleygði, supine fleygt)

1. to fling, throw
2. to throw away (trash, etc.)

Conjugation

fleygja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fleygja
supine sagnbót		fleygt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fleygjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fleygi	fleygði		fleygi	fleygði
	þú	fleygir	fleygðir		fleygir	fleygðir
	hann, hún, það	fleygir	fleygði		fleygi	fleygði
plural	við	fleygjum	fleygðum		fleygjum	fleygðum
	þið	fleygið	fleygðuð		fleygið	fleygðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fleygja	fleygðu		fleygi	fleygðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fleyg (þú), fleygðu
plural	þið	fleygið (þið), fleygiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną.

Verb

fleygja (past participle fleygðr)

1. to fling; make fly
2. to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleygja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	fleygja
present participle	fleygjandi
past participle	fleygðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	fleygi	fleygða		fleygja	fleygða
2nd person singular	fleygir	fleygðir		fleygir	fleygðir
3rd person singular	fleygir	fleygði		fleygi	fleygði
1st person plural	fleygjum	fleygðum		fleygim	fleygðim
2nd person plural	fleygið	fleygðuð		fleygið	fleygðið
3rd person plural	fleygja	fleygðu		fleygi	fleygði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	fleyg, fleygi
1st person plural	fleygjum
2nd person plural	fleygið

Conjugation of fleygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	fleygjask
present participle	fleygjandisk
past participle	fleygzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	fleygjumk	fleygðumk		fleygjumk	fleygðumk
2nd person singular	fleygisk	fleygðisk		fleygisk	fleygðisk
3rd person singular	fleygisk	fleygðisk		fleygisk	fleygðisk
1st person plural	fleygjumsk	fleygðumsk		fleygimsk	fleygðimsk
2nd person plural	fleygizk	fleygðuzk		fleygizk	fleygðizk
3rd person plural	fleygjask	fleygðusk		fleygisk	fleygðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	fleygsk, fleygisk
1st person plural	fleygjumsk
2nd person plural	fleygizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: fleygja
• Faroese: floyggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fløygja
• Old Swedish: flø̄ghia
  • Swedish: flöja

Further reading

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