dreif

See also: dréif

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dreif (“a scattering, spread”), from Proto-Germanic *draibō (“a driving”), from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /treiːv/
• Rhymes: -eiːv

Noun

dreif f (genitive singular dreifar, nominative plural dreifar)

1. Used only in set phrases

Declension

declension of dreif

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dreif	dreifin	dreifar	dreifarnar
accusative	dreif	dreifina	dreifar	dreifarnar
dative	dreif	dreifinni	dreifum	dreifunum
genitive	dreifar	dreifarinnar	dreifa	dreifanna

Derived terms

• á víð og dreif (“here and there, scattered about”)

Related terms

• drífa (“to drive”)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʀai̯f/, [dʀɑɪ̯f]

Verb

dreif

1. second-person singular imperative of dreiwen