svíkva

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• svíkja (younger)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną.

Verb

svíkva (singular past indicative sveik, plural past indicative sviku, past participle svikinn)

1. to betray, deceive, cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of svíkva — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	svíkva
present participle	svíkvandi
past participle	svikinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svík	sveik
2nd-person singular	svíkr	sveikt
3rd-person singular	svíkr	sveik
1st-person plural	svíkum	svikum
2nd-person plural	svíkvið	svikuð
3rd-person plural	svíkva	sviku
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svíkva	svika
2nd-person singular	svíkvir	svikir
3rd-person singular	svíkvi	sviki
1st-person plural	svíkvim	svikim
2nd-person plural	svíkvið	svikið
3rd-person plural	svíkvi	sviki
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svík
1st-person plural	svíkum
2nd-person plural	svíkvið

Conjugation of svíkva — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	svíkvask
present participle	svíkvandisk
past participle	svikizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svíkumk	svikumk
2nd-person singular	svíksk	sveikzk
3rd-person singular	svíksk	sveiksk
1st-person plural	svíkumsk	svikumsk
2nd-person plural	svíkvizk	svikuzk
3rd-person plural	svíkvask	svikusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svíkumk	svikumk
2nd-person singular	svíkvisk	svikisk
3rd-person singular	svíkvisk	svikisk
1st-person plural	svíkvimsk	svikimsk
2nd-person plural	svíkvizk	svikizk
3rd-person plural	svíkvisk	svikisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svíksk
1st-person plural	svíkumsk
2nd-person plural	svíkvizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: svíkja
• Faroese: svíkja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svika, svike
• Old Swedish: svīkia
  • Swedish: svika
• Danish: svige

References

• svíkja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.