synja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse synja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪnja/
    Rhymes: -ɪnja

Verb

synja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative synjaði, supine synjað)

  1. to refuse

Conjugation

Synonyms


Old Norse

Verb

synja

  1. to deny
    sannaði annarr, en annarr synjaði
    one confessed, but the other denied
  2. (transitive, with genitive) to deny (a charge)
  3. (ditransitive, with dative and genitive) to refuse, deny (someone something)
    Hana elskuðu margir ok hon synjaði fám síns vilja
    Many loved her, and she denied few their will

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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