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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)

  1. to refuse
    Synonyms: neita, afsegja, aftaka, hafna

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) ...
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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunjōną.

Verb

synja

  1. to deny
    sannaði annarr, en annarr synjaði
    one confessed, but the other denied
  2. to deny [with genitive ‘a charge’]
  3. 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

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

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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