hvíla

From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile.

hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, plural hvílur)

1. (poetic) bed
2. rest

hvíla (third person singular past indicative hvíldi, third person plural past indicative hvílt, supine hvílt)

1. to rest

From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰviːla/
• Rhymes: -iːla

hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, nominative plural hvílan)

1. (dated) bed

1=hvíldi
2=hvílt

hvíla

1. (with accusative) to rest, especially resting or sleeping in a bed

   Hér hvílir Jóhannes.

   Here rests Johannes.

2. (with accusative) to lie, to sleep

• Danish: her hviler

From Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of rest”).

hvíla f (genitive hvílu)

1. bed

Form Proto-Germanic *hwīlāną (“to rest”).

hvíla

1. (transitive, with accusative) to rest

   hvíla lið sitt

   to let one's troops rest

   hvíla sik

   to take rest

2. (intransitive) to lie, rest, sleep (in a bed)
3. (intransitive) to lie buried

   til staðarins þar sem Ólafr hinn helgi hvílir

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• hvílbeðr m (“bed of rest”)
• hvíld f (“rest, repose; pause”)

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