beygja

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeiːja/ Rhymes: -eiːja === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. ==== Verb ==== beygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beygði, supine beygt) to bend [with accusative] Synonym: sveigja (intransitive) to turn (grammar, transitive) to inflect ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== beygja sig (“to stoop; to give in”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== beygja f (genitive singular beygju, nominative plural beygjur) bend, curve turn ===== Declension ===== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. === Verb === beygja (past participle beygðr) to bend, bow ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: beygja Faroese: boyggja Norwegian Nynorsk: bøygja, bøya Old Swedish: bø̄ghia Swedish: böja Danish: bøje Norwegian Bokmål: bøye === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beygja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive