kvefja
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
kvefja (singular past indicative kvafði, plural past indicative kvǫfðu, past participle kvafðr or kvafiðr)
- (transitive) to smother, suffocate; to choke
- (transitive) to submerge in water; to dip
- (impersonal, transitive) to sink
- (mediopassive) to dive, duck
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kvefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | kvefja | |
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present participle | kvefjandi | |
past participle | kvafðr, kvafiðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | kvef | kvafða |
2nd-person singular | kvefr | kvafðir |
3rd-person singular | kvefr | kvafði |
1st-person plural | kvefjum | kvǫfðum |
2nd-person plural | kvefið | kvǫfðuð |
3rd-person plural | kvefja | kvǫfðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | kvefja | kvefða |
2nd-person singular | kvefir | kvefðir |
3rd-person singular | kvefi | kvefði |
1st-person plural | kvefim | kvefðim |
2nd-person plural | kvefið | kvefðið |
3rd-person plural | kvefi | kvefði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | kvef | |
1st-person plural | kvefjum | |
2nd-person plural | kvefið |
Conjugation of kvefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | kvefjask | |
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present participle | kvefjandisk | |
past participle | kvafzk, kvafizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | kvefjumk | kvǫfðumk |
2nd-person singular | kvefsk | kvafðisk |
3rd-person singular | kvefsk | kvafðisk |
1st-person plural | kvefjumsk | kvǫfðumsk |
2nd-person plural | kvefizk | kvǫfðuzk |
3rd-person plural | kvefjask | kvǫfðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | kvefjumk | kvefðumk |
2nd-person singular | kvefisk | kvefðisk |
3rd-person singular | kvefisk | kvefðisk |
1st-person plural | kvefimsk | kvefðimsk |
2nd-person plural | kvefizk | kvefðizk |
3rd-person plural | kvefisk | kvefðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | kvefsk | |
1st-person plural | kvefjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | kvefizk |
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References edit
- “kvefja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press