ryðja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse ryðja, Proto-Germanic *rudjaną, a variant of Proto-Germanic *reudaną (“to clear”) (in Old Norse rjóða) and Proto-Germanic *rudōną (“to clear”) (cognates in German roden, rotten, reuten). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɪðja/ Rhymes: -ɪðja === Verb === ryðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ruddi, supine rutt) to clear (an area, path, etc.) [with accusative] to clear (away), shove (away), push aside [with dative] ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *rudjaną. === Verb === ryðja (singular past indicative ruddi, plural past indicative ruddu, past participle ruddr)(transitive) (of land) to clear, free to clear, empty (law) to challenge ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== hryðja ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: ryðja Icelandic: ryðja Norwegian Nynorsk: rydja, rø; (dialectal) rya, rua, rudjø, rødja, rødda, røa, ræa Old Swedish: ryþia, rydhia, rödhia Swedish: röja, rödja Old Danish: ryddæ Danish: rydde Norwegian Bokmål: rydde → Norwegian Nynorsk: rydda === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ryðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 345; also available at the Internet Archive