syngja

From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

syngja (third person singular past indicative sang, third person plural past indicative sungu, supine sungið)

1. to sing

From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɲca/
• Rhymes: -iɲca

syngja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative söng, third-person plural past indicative sungu, supine sungið)

1. (intransitive or transitive, with accusative) to sing
2. (intransitive, of birds) to warble, to sing, to chirp
3. to sound, to ring, to resound

• syngje (e and split infinitives)
• synga, synge (without j infix)

From Old Norse syngva, syngja, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Akin to English sing.

• IPA^(key): /²sʏɲ.ʝɑ/, /²sʏɲ.jɑ/

syngja (present tense syng, past tense song, past participle sunge, passive infinitive syngjast, present participle syngjande, imperative syng)

1. to sing

   Eg har ikkje sunge denne songen på årevis.

   I haven't sung this song for years.

   • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar‎, Bergen: Nygaard, page 1:

     Song ikkje kvar Fugl si Morgonsalma til Guds Æra?

     Didn't each bird sing its morning hymn to God's glory?

2. echo, boom

• “syngja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• syngva

From earlier syngva, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną.

syngja

1. to sing

• sǫngr m (“song”)

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