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Etymology

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From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go).

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elska (third person singular past indicative elskaði, third person plural past indicative elskaðu, supine elskað)

  1. to love

Conjugation

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Conjugation of elska (group v-30)
infinitive elska
supine elskað
participle (a6)1 elskandi elskaður
present past
first singular elski elskaði
second singular elskar elskaði
third singular elskar elskaði
plural elska elskaðu
imperative
singular elska!
plural elskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse elska.

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Noun

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elska f (genitive singular elsku, nominative plural elskur)

  1. love
    Ekki gráta elsku vinur.
    Don't cry dear friend.

Declension

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    Declension of elska
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elska elskan elskur elskurnar
accusative elsku elskuna elskur elskurnar
dative elsku elskunni elskum elskunum
genitive elsku elskunnar elska/elskna elskanna/elsknanna

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elska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative elskaði, supine elskað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to love
    Ég elska konuna mína.
    I love my wife.
    Hann elskaði mig aldrei.
    He never loved me.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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elska

  1. inflection of elske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [²ɛ̝l.skɑ], [²ɛ̝ʂ.kɑ]

Verb

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elska (present tense elskar, past tense elska, past participle elska, passive infinitive elskast, present participle elskande, imperative elska/elsk)

  1. to love

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go). Related to Old Norse elskr (dear, beloved), Old English ellen (courage, zeal). More at ellen.

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elska

  1. to love

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: elska
  • Faroese: elska
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elska; (dialectal) eilske, eske
  • Old Swedish: ælska
  • Danish: elske

References

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