Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb edit

hverfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hvarf, third-person plural past indicative hurfu, supine horfið)

  1. (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
  2. to disappear
    Stundum langar mig bara að hverfa.
    Sometimes I just want to disappear.
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Causative of hverfa (1). From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną.

Verb edit

hverfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hverfði, supine hverft)

  1. (transitive) to turn
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

hverfa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hverfi

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb edit

hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn)

  1. (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: hverfa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverva, kverve

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną.

Verb edit

hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr)

  1. (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

hverfa

  1. genitive plural of hverfi

Adjective edit

hverfa

  1. inflection of hverfr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak masculine feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree neuter singular

References edit

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