Definify.com

Definition 2024


kúga

kúga

See also: kuga and kuģa

Icelandic

Verb

kúga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kúgaði, supine kúgað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to force, to cow syn.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to oppress syn.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kúga til hlýðni (to force into submission)
  • kúgast (to retch)

Synonyms


Old Norse

Verb

kúga

  1. to cow, to force, to tyrannize over

Descendants

Derived terms

  • láta kúgask (to let oneself be forced into submission)
  • kúga af (to press out of one)
  • kúgandi
  • kúgandi högg (feeble blows)

References

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