œgja 1 (long stem) “frighten”

“threaten; exaggerate”

less common

transitive (dat/acc)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek œgi 1pl vér œgjum 1sg ek œgja 1pl vér œgim
2sg þú œgir 2pl þér œgið 2sg þú œgir 2pl þér œgið
3sg hon œgir 3pl þau œgja 3sg hon œgi 3pl þau œgi
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek œgða 1pl vér œgðum 1sg ek œgða 1pl vér œgðim
2sg þú œgðir 2pl þér œgðuð 2sg þú œgðir 2pl þér œgðið
3sg hon œgði 3pl þau œgðu 3sg hon œgði 3pl þau œgði
preterite infinitive œgðu
past participle f. œgð m. œgðr n. œgt
imperative 2sg œg 1pl œgjum 2pl œgið
middle voice: œgjask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek œgjumk 1pl vér œgjumk 1sg ek œgjumk 1pl vér œgimk
2sg þú œgsk 2pl þér œgizk 2sg þú œgisk 2pl þér œgizk
3sg hon œgsk 3pl þau œgjask 3sg hon œgisk 3pl þau œgisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek œgðumk 1pl vér œgðumk 1sg ek œgðumk 1pl vér œgðimk
2sg þú œgðisk 2pl þér œgðuzk 2sg þú œgðisk 2pl þér œgðizk
3sg hon œgðisk 3pl þau œgðusk 3sg hon œgðisk 3pl þau œgðisk
past participle n. œgzk
imperative 2sg œgsk 1pl œgjumk 2pl œgizk

PG *ōgijaną, OE onēgan 1 “fear.” Shares a root with the nouns PG *ōgnō, ON ógn “fear,” which gave rise to the ON verb ógna 2 “threaten”; PG *ōhtan, ON ótti “fear,” which gave rise to the verb ótta 2 “frighten”; PG *agiz, ON agi, OE ege, ME eie, MnE awe; PG *ōgōną, OE ōga “terror”; PG *anhtō, OE ōht “fear,” German Acht “outlawry”; and the ON verbs óask 1/3 “be afraid” and ugga 3 “fear” (which see for derivatives).

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