heyja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheiːja/
    Rhymes: -eiːja
    Homophones: hegja, heygja

Etymology 1

Related to hey (hay).

Verb

heyja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heyjaði, supine heyjað)

  1. to make hay
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heyja, from Proto-Germanic *hawjaną, cognate with Old English ġehēgan.

Verb

heyja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative háði, supine háð)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to wage, hold, conduct, carry out (e.g. a battle, war)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hawjaną.

Verb

heyja

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to hold conduct

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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