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From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.
syngja (third person singular past indicative sang, third person plural past indicative sungu, supine sungið)
- to sing
From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.
syngja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative söng, third-person plural past indicative sungu, supine sungið)
- to sing [intransitive or with accusative]
- (intransitive, of birds) to warble, to sing, to chirp
- to sound, to ring, to resound
syngja — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að syngja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
sungið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
syngjandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég syng | við syngjum | present (nútíð) |
ég syngi | við syngjum |
| þú syngur | þið syngið | þú syngir | þið syngið | ||
| hann, hún, það syngur | þeir, þær, þau syngja | hann, hún, það syngi | þeir, þær, þau syngi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég söng | við sungum | past (þátíð) |
ég syngi | við syngjum |
| þú söngst | þið sunguð | þú syngir | þið syngjuð | ||
| hann, hún, það söng | þeir, þær, þau sungu | hann, hún, það syngi | þeir, þær, þau syngju | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
syng (þú) | syngið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| syngdu | syngiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Akin to English sing.
syngja (present tense syng, past tense song, past participle sunge, passive infinitive syngjast, present participle syngjande, imperative syng)
- to sing
Eg har ikkje sunge denne songen på årevis.
- I haven't sung this song for years.
1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar[1], Bergen: Nygaard, page 1:
Song ikkje kvar Fugl si Morgonsalma til Guds Æra?
- Didn't each bird sing its morning hymn to God's glory?
- echo, boom
Historical conjugation of syngja
| infinitive | present tense | past tense | supine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aasen | sg. | syngja | syng | song | sunget |
| pl. | syngja | sungo | |||
| 2012 | syngja, syngje, synga, synge | syng | song | sunge |
Forms in [brackets] were considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
- “syngja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
From earlier syngva, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną.
syngja
- to sing
- sǫngr m (“song”)
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “syngja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive