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bleikja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijǭ.

Noun

bleikja f (genitive singular bleikju, nominative plural bleikjur)

  1. pale colour
  2. light clay
  3. char (Salvelinus), especially Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
  4. Lyngbye's sedge (Carex lyngbyei) (in Carex subg. Carex)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, from *blaikaz, whence bleikur.

Verb

bleikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bleikti, supine bleikt)

  1. to bleach
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. Akin to English bleach.

Verb

bleikja (present tense bleikjer, past tense bleikte, past participle bleikt, passive infinitive bleikjast, present participle bleikjande, imperative bleik)

  1. (transitive) to bleach, whiten

Noun

bleikja f (definite singular bleikja, indefinite plural bleikjer or bleikjor, definite plural bleikjene or bleikjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bleikje
  2. definite singular of bleikje

References

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.

Verb

bleikja

  1. to bleach

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bleikja
  • Faroese: bleikja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bleikja
  • Old Swedish: blēkia
  • Danish: blege

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bleikja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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