teygja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse teygja, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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teygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative teygði, supine teygt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to stretch

Conjugation

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Noun

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teygja f (genitive singular teygju, nominative plural teygjur)

  1. elasticity, stretchiness
    Synonyms: teygjanleiki, þanþol
  2. rubber band
    Synonyms: teygjuband, gúmmíband
  3. hair tie, bobble
  4. (in the plural) cramp, spasm

Declension

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    Declension of teygja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teygja teygjan teygjur teygjurnar
accusative teygju teygjuna teygjur teygjurnar
dative teygju teygjunni teygjum teygjunum
genitive teygju teygjunnar teygja teygjanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *taugijaną.

Verb

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teygja (past participle teygðr)

  1. to stretch out, draw
  2. to spread out
  3. to allure, entice

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: teygja
  • Faroese: toyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøya
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tøye
  • Old Swedish: tø̄ghia
  • Danish: tøje

References

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