eygja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eygja, from Proto-Germanic *augijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eygði, supine eygt)

  1. to eye, sight

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *augijaną.

Verb

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eygja (past participle eygðr)

  1. to eye

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: eygja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øygja, øygje
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ghia

References

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