eggja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse eggja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃːa/ Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃːa Homophone: eggjað === Verb === eggja (third person singular past indicative eggjaði, third person plural past indicative eggjaðu, supine eggjað) to sharpen to incite, encourage ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛcːa/ Rhymes: -ɛcːa Homophone: Eggja === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== eggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eggjaði, supine eggjað) to incite or egg on ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== eggja n indefinite genitive plural of egg === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== eggja f indefinite genitive plural of egg == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === eggja (present tense eggjar, past tense eggja, past participle eggja, passive infinitive eggjast, present participle eggjande, imperative eggja/eggj) alternative form of eggje == Old Norse == === Etymology === From egg f (“edge”), from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). === Verb === eggja to incite, to egg on [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘to do something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eggjan ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive