heygja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse heygja, from Proto-Germanic *haugijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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heygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heygði, supine heygt)

  1. to inter in a how, burial mound

Conjugation

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *haugijaną, ultimately related to *haugaz (hill).

Verb

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heygja (past participle heygðr)

  1. (transitive) to bury in a how

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: heygja

References

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