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)

  1. (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

Old Norse

Verb

nauðga

  1. (with dative) to compel, to force
    Nauðga mönnum til blóta.
    To force men to worship.
  2. to ravish, violate, defile, profane

Descendants

  • Danish: nøde
  • Faroese: neyðga
  • Icelandic: nauðga
  • Norwegian: nøde
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