active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek veg | 1pl | vér vegum | 1sg | ek vega | 1pl | vér vegim |
2sg | þú vegr | 2pl | þér vegið | 2sg | þú vegir | 2pl | þér vegið |
3sg | hon vegr | 3pl | þau vega | 3sg | hon vegi | 3pl | þau vegi |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek vá | 1pl | vér vágum | 1sg | ek væga | 1pl | vér vægim |
2sg | þú vátt | 2pl | þér váguð | 2sg | þú vægir | 2pl | þér vægið |
3sg | hon vá | 3pl | þau vágu | 3sg | hon vægi | 3pl | þau vægi |
preterite infinitive | vágu | ||||||
past participle | f. | vegin | m. | veginn | n. | vegit | |
imperative | 2sg | veg | 1pl | vegum | 2pl | vegið |
middle voice: vegask “fight; kill each other” | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek vegumk | 1pl | vér vegumk | 1sg | ek vegumk | 1pl | vér vegimk |
2sg | þú vegsk | 2pl | þér vegizk | 2sg | þú vegisk | 2pl | þér vegizk |
3sg | hon vegsk | 3pl | þau vegask | 3sg | hon vegisk | 3pl | þau vegisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek vágumk | 1pl | vér vágumk | 1sg | ek vægumk | 1pl | vér vægimk |
2sg | þú vázk | 2pl | þér váguzk | 2sg | þú vægisk | 2pl | þér vægizk |
3sg | hon vásk | 3pl | þau vágusk | 3sg | hon vægisk | 3pl | þau vægisk |
past participle | n. | vegizk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | vegsk | 1pl | vegumk | 2pl | vegizk |
Sense group “lift; carry; weigh”: PG *weganą, OE wegan V “carry; weigh,” ME weien, weak MnE weigh, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, Latin vehere “carry,” and shares a root with the noun PG *wēgō, ON vág, OE wǣg, ME wei, Dutch waag, German Waage “scales,” built on the same PG root as MnE weight and cognates. Sense group “swing; attack; kill”: PG *viganą, OE wīgan I “fight,” Latin vincere “prevail.” Preterite variants vó, vógu, subjunctive œgi, participle viginn.
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