tegja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²tæɪ̯ɑ/, /²tɛːʝɑ/
  • Homophones: tæja, tægja, teia
  • Rhymes: -æɪ̯ɑ, -ɛːʝɑ

Verb

tegja (present tense tegjer, past tense tagde, past participle tagt, imperative teg)

  1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of teia (“to become silent”)
    Synonym: tagna
    • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs], page 212:
      Han skal tegja, some heve inkje til å segja.
      He should keep silent, who has nothing to say.

References
  • “tegja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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