nauðga
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse nauðga (“to compel, to force; to ravish”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -øyðka
Verb
nauðga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nauðgaði, supine nauðgað)
- (with dative) to rape, to violate
- Vini mínum var nauðgað þegar hann var í útlöndum.
- My friend was raped while he was overseas.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
See also
- nauðgari
- nauðgun
Old Norse
Verb
nauðga
- (with dative) to compel, to force
- Nauðga mönnum til blóta.
- To force men to worship.
- to ravish, violate, defile, profane
Descendants
- Danish: nøde
- Faroese: neyðga
- Icelandic: nauðga
- Norwegian: nøde