etja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse etja, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, from Pre-Germanic *h₃odéyeti, causative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to hate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛːtja/ Rhymes: -ɛːtja === Verb === etja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative atti, supine att) to incite, provoke, egg on [with dative] Synonyms: æsa, espa, spana, eggja ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *atjaną, from Pre-Germanic *h₃odéyeti, causative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to hate”). ==== Verb ==== etja to incite, to egg (goad) on to fight [with dative] etja hestum ― to make horses fight etja saman manndrápum ― to incite two parties to manslaughter c. 850, Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Ynglingatal, verse 4 to exhort [with accusative] etja til þolinmœði ― to exhort one to patience to put forth [with dative] etja ráðum, hvárt ... ― to consider, if … to fight against etja við afls-mun (liðsmun) ― to fight against odds (reflexive), to contend [with dative ‘with someone’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: etja === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *atjaną, from *etaną + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). ==== Verb ==== etja to feed [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and dative ‘on something’] ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “etja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive