þiggja

From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

þiggja (irregular, third person singular past indicative þáði, earlier þá, supine þegið or þáð)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to accept, receive

   Við þiggjum ekki greiðslukort.

   We do not accept credit cards.

• þiggja að gjöf

From Proto-Germanic *þigjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to reach out the hand”).

þiggja (singular past indicative þá, plural past indicative þágu, past participle þeginn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, accept of
2. to accept

   þóttisk jarl þá vita, at Óðinn mundi þegit hafa blótit

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (absol) to take lodging, receive hospitality for a night

   þigg þú hér Sigurðr!

   stay here for the night, Sigurd!

Verbs with this conjugation include: liggja.

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on þiggja.
• þiggja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.