mylkja

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse mylkja.

Verb

mylkja (present tense mylkjer, past tense mylkte, past participle mylkt, passive infinitive mylkjast, present participle mylkjande, imperative mylk)

  1. (transitive) To milk, express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

Old Norse

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Verb

mylkja

  1. to give milk

Conjugation
Conjugation of mylkja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive mylkja
present participle mylkjandi
past participle mylktr
indicative present past
1st-person singular mylki mylkta
2nd-person singular mylkir mylktir
3rd-person singular mylkir mylkti
1st-person plural mylkjum mylktum
2nd-person plural mylkið mylktuð
3rd-person plural mylkja mylktu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mylkja mylkta
2nd-person singular mylkir mylktir
3rd-person singular mylki mylkti
1st-person plural mylkim mylktim
2nd-person plural mylkið mylktið
3rd-person plural mylki mylkti
imperative present
2nd-person singular mylk, mylki
1st-person plural mylkjum
2nd-person plural mylkið
Conjugation of mylkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive mylkjask
present participle mylkjandisk
past participle mylkzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular mylkjumk mylktumk
2nd-person singular mylkisk mylktisk
3rd-person singular mylkisk mylktisk
1st-person plural mylkjumsk mylktumsk
2nd-person plural mylkizk mylktuzk
3rd-person plural mylkjask mylktusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mylkjumk mylktumk
2nd-person singular mylkisk mylktisk
3rd-person singular mylkisk mylktisk
1st-person plural mylkimsk mylktimsk
2nd-person plural mylkizk mylktizk
3rd-person plural mylkisk mylktisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular mylksk, mylkisk
1st-person plural mylkjumsk
2nd-person plural mylkizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: mylkja
  • Faroese: mylkjast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mylkja

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