hengja
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== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse hengja, causative of hanga (“to hang (intransitive)”) (Icelandic hanga).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈheiɲca/
Rhymes: -eiɲca
=== Verb ===
hengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hengdi, supine hengt)
to hang (something or someone) [with accusative]
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
henging
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hengje
henga
henge
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse hengja. Akin to English hang.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /²hɛɲ.ʝɑ/, /²hɛɲ.jɑ/
=== Verb ===
hengja (present tense hengjer, past tense hengde, past participle hengt, present participle hengjande, imperative heng)
(transitive) to hang
=== References ===
“hengja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *hangijaną, a causative of *hanhaną (“to hang”) (Old Norse hanga).
=== Verb ===
hengja (singular past indicative hengði, plural past indicative hengðu, past participle hengðr)
to hang (cause to be hanging)
to execute by hanging
==== Conjugation ====
==== Descendants ====
Icelandic: hengja
Faroese: heingja
Norwegian Nynorsk: hengja, hengje, henga, henge
Elfdalian: aindja
Old Swedish: hængiaSwedish: hänga
Old Danish: hængiæ, hængæ
Danish: hænge
Norwegian Bokmål: henge
Old Gutnish: hengia
→ Northern Middle English: hengen, henge, hing
English: hing (dialectal)
Scots: hing
=== Further reading ===
“hengja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen