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synja
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse synja, from Proto-Germanic *sunjōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
synja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative synjaði, supine synjað)
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sunjōną.
Verb
synja
- to deny
- sannaði annarr, en annarr synjaði
- one confessed, but the other denied
- to deny [with genitive ‘a charge’]
- to refuse, deny [with dative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘something’]
- Hana elskuðu margir ok hon synjaði fám síns vilja
- Many loved her, and she denied few their will
Conjugation
Related terms
- syn f
Descendants
- Icelandic: synja
- Swedish: söna
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “synja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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