Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hreyfa, from Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hreyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreyfði, supine hreyft)

  1. (with accusative) to move, to shift
  2. (reflexive, with accusative) to stir, to move (oneself), to exercise
  3. (with dative) to bring up, to mention

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Verb edit

hreyfa

  1. to move, stir

Descendants edit

  • Faroese: royva
  • Icelandic: hreyfa
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): røyve

References edit

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