feyja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeiːja/
  • Rhymes: -eiːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse feyja, from Proto-Germanic *fawjaną.

Alternative forms

  • feygja

Verb

feyja (third person singular past indicative feyði)

  1. to make rotten, to rot
See also

Etymology 2

From fey! (damn!), compare and svei.

Verb

feyja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative feyjaði, supine feyjað)

  1. (rare, intransitive) to say fey! (damn!)
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to say fey): sveia
Derived terms
  • fussa og feyja
See also
  • fussa
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