svella

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with Swedish svälla, English swell, German schwellen, Dutch zwellen, Luxembourgish schwëllen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛtla

Verb

svella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svall, third-person plural past indicative sullu, supine sollið)

1. (intransitive) to swell, to surge

Conjugation

svella — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að svella
supine (sagnbót)		sollið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		svellandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég svell	við svellum	present (nútíð)	ég svelli	við svellum
	þú svellur	þið svellið		þú svellir	þið svellið
	hann, hún, það svellur	þeir, þær, þau svella		hann, hún, það svelli	þeir, þær, þau svelli
past (þátíð)	ég svall	við sullum	past (þátíð)	ég sylli	við syllum
	þú svallst	þið sulluð		þú syllir	þið sylluð
	hann, hún, það svall	þeir, þær, þau sullu		hann, hún, það sylli	þeir, þær, þau syllu
imperative (boðháttur)	svell (þú)	svellið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	svelltu	svelliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sollinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sollinn	sollin	sollið		sollnir	sollnar	sollin
accusative (þolfall)	sollinn	sollna	sollið		sollna	sollnar	sollin
dative (þágufall)	sollnum	sollinni	sollnu		sollnum	sollnum	sollnum
genitive (eignarfall)	sollins	sollinnar	sollins		sollinna	sollinna	sollinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sollni	sollna	sollna		sollnu	sollnu	sollnu
accusative (þolfall)	sollna	sollnu	sollna		sollnu	sollnu	sollnu
dative (þágufall)	sollna	sollnu	sollna		sollnu	sollnu	sollnu
genitive (eignarfall)	sollna	sollnu	sollna		sollnu	sollnu	sollnu

Synonyms

• (to swell): bylgjast, ólga

Italian

Verb

svella

1. inflection of svellere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

Verb

svella (singular past indicative svall, plural past indicative sullu, past participle sollinn)

1. to swell

Conjugation

Conjugation of svella — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	svella
present participle	svellandi
past participle	sollinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svell	svall
2nd-person singular	svellr	svallt
3rd-person singular	svellr	svall
1st-person plural	svellum	sullum
2nd-person plural	svellið	sulluð
3rd-person plural	svella	sullu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svella	sylla
2nd-person singular	svellir	syllir
3rd-person singular	svelli	sylli
1st-person plural	svellim	syllim
2nd-person plural	svellið	syllið
3rd-person plural	svelli	sylli
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svell
1st-person plural	svellum
2nd-person plural	svellið

Conjugation of svella — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	svellask
present participle	svellandisk
past participle	sollizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svellumk	sullumk
2nd-person singular	svellsk	svallzk
3rd-person singular	svellsk	svallsk
1st-person plural	svellumsk	sullumsk
2nd-person plural	svellizk	sulluzk
3rd-person plural	svellask	sullusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svellumk	syllumk
2nd-person singular	svellisk	syllisk
3rd-person singular	svellisk	syllisk
1st-person plural	svellimsk	syllimsk
2nd-person plural	svellizk	syllizk
3rd-person plural	svellisk	syllisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svellsk
1st-person plural	svellumsk
2nd-person plural	svellizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: svella
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svella, svelle
• Norwegian Bokmål: svelle
• Old Swedish: svælla
  • Swedish: svälla

References

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