flytja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flytja, from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪːtja/
• Rhymes: -ɪːtja

Verb

flytja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flutti, supine flutt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to move, to relocate (something or someone)
2. (intransitive) to move (between homes)
3. (transitive, with accusative) to perform (e.g. a song or play)

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse flytja, from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną.

Verb

flytja (present tense flyt, past tense flutte, past participle and supine flutt, present participle flytjande, imperative flyt)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of flytta

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flutjaną.

Verb

flytja (singular past indicative flutti, plural past indicative fluttu, past participle fluttr)

1. (transitive) to move
2. (intransitive) to move (between homes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flytja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	flytja
present participle	flytjandi
past participle	fluttr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	flyt	flutta
2nd-person singular	flytr	fluttir
3rd-person singular	flytr	flutti
1st-person plural	flytjum	fluttum
2nd-person plural	flytið	fluttuð
3rd-person plural	flytja	fluttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	flytja	flytta
2nd-person singular	flytir	flyttir
3rd-person singular	flyti	flytti
1st-person plural	flytim	flyttim
2nd-person plural	flytið	flyttið
3rd-person plural	flyti	flytti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	flyt
1st-person plural	flytjum
2nd-person plural	flytið

Conjugation of flytja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	flytjask
present participle	flytjandisk
past participle	fluzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	flytjumk	fluttumk
2nd-person singular	flyzk	fluttisk
3rd-person singular	flyzk	fluttisk
1st-person plural	flytjumsk	fluttumsk
2nd-person plural	flytizk	fluttuzk
3rd-person plural	flytjask	fluttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	flytjumk	flyttumk
2nd-person singular	flytisk	flyttisk
3rd-person singular	flytisk	flyttisk
1st-person plural	flytimsk	flyttimsk
2nd-person plural	flytizk	flyttizk
3rd-person plural	flytisk	flyttisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	flyzk
1st-person plural	flytjumsk
2nd-person plural	flytizk

Related terms

• fljóta

Descendants

• Icelandic: flytja
• Faroese: flyta, flytja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flytta, flytte; flytja
• Norwegian Bokmål: flytte
• Swedish: flytta
• Danish: flytte
• → Middle English: flytten, flitten
  • English: flit
  • Scots: flit

References

• “flytja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press