hverfa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɛrva/
    Rhymes: -ɛrva

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hvarf, third-person plural past indicative hurfu, supine horfið)

  1. (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
  2. to disappear
    Stundum langar mig bara að hverfa.
    Sometimes I just want to disappear.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • hverfa frá (to stop doing something)
  • hverfa til (to embrace something)

Etymology 2

Causative of hverfa (1). From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną.

Verb

hverfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hverfði, supine hverft)

  1. (transitive) to turn
Conjugation

Noun

hverfa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hverfi

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn)

  1. (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hverfa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverva, kverve

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr)

  1. (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hverfa

  1. genitive plural of hverfi

Adjective

hverfa

  1. inflection of hverfr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak masculine feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree neuter singular

References

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