Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svífa, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną.

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svífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sveif, third-person plural past indicative svifu, supine svifið)

  1. to hover, glide, soar
    Synonym: sveima

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swībaną.

Verb

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svífa (singular past indicative sveif, plural past indicative svifu, past participle svifinn)

  1. to rove, ramble
  2. (impersonal, with dative) to swerve, drift

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: svífa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sviva, svive
  • Swedish: sväva

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