ǿgja

See also: ægja and œgja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ōgijaną (“to frighten, to scare”), causative of *aganą (“to fear, to be scared”). Cognate with Old English onœ̄ġan, Gothic 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan).

Verb

ǿgja

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to frighten
  2. to portray something as terrible, to exaggerate

Declension
Conjugation of ǿgja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive ǿgja
present participle ǿgjandi
past participle ǿgðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular ǿgi ǿgða
2nd-person singular ǿgir ǿgðir
3rd-person singular ǿgir ǿgði
1st-person plural ǿgjum ǿgðum
2nd-person plural ǿgið ǿgðuð
3rd-person plural ǿgja ǿgðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ǿgja ǿgða
2nd-person singular ǿgir ǿgðir
3rd-person singular ǿgi ǿgði
1st-person plural ǿgim ǿgðim
2nd-person plural ǿgið ǿgðið
3rd-person plural ǿgi ǿgði
imperative present
2nd-person singular ǿg, ǿgi
1st-person plural ǿgjum
2nd-person plural ǿgið
Conjugation of ǿgja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive ǿgjask
present participle ǿgjandisk
past participle ǿgzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular ǿgjumk ǿgðumk
2nd-person singular ǿgisk ǿgðisk
3rd-person singular ǿgisk ǿgðisk
1st-person plural ǿgjumsk ǿgðumsk
2nd-person plural ǿgizk ǿgðuzk
3rd-person plural ǿgjask ǿgðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ǿgjumk ǿgðumk
2nd-person singular ǿgisk ǿgðisk
3rd-person singular ǿgisk ǿgðisk
1st-person plural ǿgimsk ǿgðimsk
2nd-person plural ǿgizk ǿgðizk
3rd-person plural ǿgisk ǿgðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular ǿgsk, ǿgisk
1st-person plural ǿgjumsk
2nd-person plural ǿgizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: ægja
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