heygja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heygja, from Proto-Germanic *haugijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheiːja/
    Rhymes: -eiːja
    Homophones: hegja, heyja

Verb

heygja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heygði, supine heygt)

  1. to inter in a how, burial mound

Conjugation

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

heygja (past participle heygðr)

  1. (transitive) to bury in a how

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heygja

References

  • heygja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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