bǫlva
See also: bölva
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
bǫlva (singular past indicative bǫlvaði, plural past indicative bǫluðu, past participle bǫlvaðr)
- (transitive, with dative) to curse The template Template:rfclarify does not use the parameter(s):
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bǫlva — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | bǫlva | |
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present participle | bǫlvandi | |
past participle | bǫlvaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | bǫlva | bǫlvaða |
2nd-person singular | bǫlvar | bǫlvaðir |
3rd-person singular | bǫlvar | bǫlvaði |
1st-person plural | bǫlum | bǫluðum |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvið | bǫluðuð |
3rd-person plural | bǫlva | bǫluðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | bǫlva | bǫlvaða |
2nd-person singular | bǫlvir | bǫlvaðir |
3rd-person singular | bǫlvi | bǫlvaði |
1st-person plural | bǫlvim | bǫlvaðim |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvið | bǫlvaðið |
3rd-person plural | bǫlvi | bǫlvaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | bǫlva | |
1st-person plural | bǫlum | |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvið |
Conjugation of bǫlva — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | bǫlvask | |
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present participle | bǫlvandisk | |
past participle | bǫlvazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | bǫlumk | bǫluðumk |
2nd-person singular | bǫlvask | bǫlvaðisk |
3rd-person singular | bǫlvask | bǫlvaðisk |
1st-person plural | bǫlumsk | bǫluðumsk |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvizk | bǫluðuzk |
3rd-person plural | bǫlvask | bǫluðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | bǫlumk | bǫluðumk |
2nd-person singular | bǫlvisk | bǫlvaðisk |
3rd-person singular | bǫlvisk | bǫlvaðisk |
1st-person plural | bǫlvimsk | bǫlvaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvizk | bǫlvaðizk |
3rd-person plural | bǫlvisk | bǫlvaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | bǫlvask | |
1st-person plural | bǫlumsk | |
2nd-person plural | bǫlvizk |
Derived terms edit
- bǫlvan f (“curse, imprecation”)
Related terms edit
- bǫl n (“bale, misfortune”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: bölva
References edit
- bölva in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.