See also: hörfa

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse horfa (to turn toward, face), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur)

  1. look, aspect
  2. (in the plural) outlook
    Horfurnar eru góðar.
    The outlook is good.
    Horfurnar eru slæmar.
    The outlook is bad.

Declension edit

Verb edit

horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft)

  1. (personal) to look, to watch
    Á hvað ertu að horfa?
    What are you watching?
  2. (personal) to face
    Veggurinn horfir í austur.
    The wall faces east.
  3. (impersonal)
    Það horfir til vandræða.
    It looks serious.

Usage notes edit

  • In the sense of looking the preposition á ("on") is used.
    Ég horfði á sjónvarpið.
    I watched the television.

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Verb edit

horfa (singular past indicative horfði, plural past indicative horfðu, past participle horft)

  1. to turn (be turned) in a certain direction
    horfði upp eggin
    the edge turned upwards
    suðr horfðu dyrr
    the door looked south
  2. to look in a certain way; to have a certain appearance

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: horfa
  • Faroese: horva

References edit

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