tjúga

See also: tjuga

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to drag, pull”). Thence also the past participle toginn.

Noun

tjúga f (genitive tjúgu)

pitchfork

Declension

Declension of tjúga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjúga	tjúgan	tjúgur	tjúgurnar
accusative	tjúgu	tjúguna	tjúgur	tjúgurnar
dative	tjúgu	tjúgunni	tjúgum	tjúgunum
genitive	tjúgu	tjúgunnar	tjúgna	tjúgnanna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: tjuge f
Swedish: tjuga c

References

tjúga in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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