þéna

See also: thena

Old Norse

Alternative forms

þjóna

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German þēnen, dēnen (“to serve”), from Old Saxon thionon.[1]

Verb

þéna

to serve

Conjugation

Conjugation of þéna — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þéna
present participle	þénandi
past participle	þéntr
1st-person singular	þéni	þénta
2nd-person singular	þénir	þéntir
3rd-person singular	þénir	þénti
1st-person plural	þénum	þéntum
2nd-person plural	þénið	þéntuð
3rd-person plural	þéna	þéntu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þéna	þénta
2nd-person singular	þénir	þéntir
3rd-person singular	þéni	þénti
1st-person plural	þénim	þéntim
2nd-person plural	þénið	þéntið
3rd-person plural	þéni	þénti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þén, þéni
1st-person plural	þénum
2nd-person plural	þénið

Conjugation of þéna — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þénask
present participle	þénandisk
past participle	þénzk
1st-person singular	þénumk	þéntumk
2nd-person singular	þénisk	þéntisk
3rd-person singular	þénisk	þéntisk
1st-person plural	þénumsk	þéntumsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk	þéntuzk
3rd-person plural	þénask	þéntusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þénumk	þéntumk
2nd-person singular	þénisk	þéntisk
3rd-person singular	þénisk	þéntisk
1st-person plural	þénimsk	þéntimsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk	þéntizk
3rd-person plural	þénisk	þéntisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þénsk, þénisk
1st-person plural	þénumsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk

Conjugation of þéna — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þéna
present participle	þénandi
past participle	þénaðr
1st-person singular	þéna	þénaða
2nd-person singular	þénar	þénaðir
3rd-person singular	þénar	þénaði
1st-person plural	þénum	þénuðum
2nd-person plural	þénið	þénuðuð
3rd-person plural	þéna	þénuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þéna	þénaða
2nd-person singular	þénir	þénaðir
3rd-person singular	þéni	þénaði
1st-person plural	þénim	þénaðim
2nd-person plural	þénið	þénaðið
3rd-person plural	þéni	þénaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þéna
1st-person plural	þénum
2nd-person plural	þénið

Conjugation of þéna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þénask
present participle	þénandisk
past participle	þénazk
1st-person singular	þénumk	þénuðumk
2nd-person singular	þénask	þénaðisk
3rd-person singular	þénask	þénaðisk
1st-person plural	þénumsk	þénuðumsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk	þénuðuzk
3rd-person plural	þénask	þénuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þénumk	þénuðumk
2nd-person singular	þénisk	þénaðisk
3rd-person singular	þénisk	þénaðisk
1st-person plural	þénimsk	þénaðimsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk	þénaðizk
3rd-person plural	þénisk	þénaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þénask
1st-person plural	þénumsk
2nd-person plural	þénizk

Derived terms

þénari m (“servant”)
þénasta f (“service”)

Descendants

See at þjóna.

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1175. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Further reading

þéna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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