þegja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθeiːja/ Rhymes: -eiːja === Verb === þegja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þagði, supine þagað) to be silent, say nothing, hold one’s tongue [intransitive or with accusative] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== samkjafta == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þagjaną. === Verb === þegja to be silent Antonym: segja ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þǫgull (“taciturn”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þegja Faroese: tiga Norwegian Nynorsk: tegja, teia; (dialectal) tea, tigja, tiga, teiga, tyjå Elfdalian: taja Old Swedish: þighia Swedish: tiga Old Danish: thighæ Danish: tie Norwegian Bokmål: tie Scanian: tæğa, tiğa Gutnish: tige === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þegja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509; also available at the Internet Archive