geyja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, yell”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”).

Verb

geyja (singular past indicative gó, plural past indicative gó, past participle gáinn)

1. (intransitive) to bark
2. to bark, scoff at, decry [with dative]

   gest þú né geyj-a

   do not scoff at the guest

Conjugation

Conjugation of geyja — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	geyja
present participle	geyjandi
past participle	*gáinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	gey	gó		geyja	gœa
2nd person singular	geyr	gótt		geyir	gœir
3rd person singular	geyr	gó		geyi	gœi
1st person plural	geyjum	góm		geyim	gœim
2nd person plural	geyið	góð		geyið	gœið
3rd person plural	geyja	gó		geyi	gœi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	gey
1st person plural	geyjum
2nd person plural	geyið

Conjugation of geyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	geyjask
present participle	geyjandisk
past participle	*gáizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	geyjumk	gómk		geyjumk	gœumk
2nd person singular	geysk	gózk		geyisk	gœisk
3rd person singular	geysk	gósk		geyisk	gœisk
1st person plural	geyjumsk	gómsk		geyimsk	gœimsk
2nd person plural	geyizk	gózk		geyizk	gœizk
3rd person plural	geyjask	gósk		geyisk	gœisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	geysk
1st person plural	geyjumsk
2nd person plural	geyizk

Derived terms

• gá (“barking”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: geyja
• Faroese: goyggja
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjø
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gøy
• Danish: gø

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “geyja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1259