kvefja

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

kvefja (singular past indicative kvafði, plural past indicative kvǫfðu, past participle kvafðr or kvafiðr)

  1. (transitive) to smother, suffocate; to choke
  2. (transitive) to submerge in water; to dip
  3. (impersonal, transitive) to sink
  4. (mediopassive) to dive, duck

Conjugation
Conjugation of kvefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive kvefja
present participle kvefjandi
past participle kvafðr, kvafiðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular kvef kvafða
2nd-person singular kvefr kvafðir
3rd-person singular kvefr kvafði
1st-person plural kvefjum kvǫfðum
2nd-person plural kvefið kvǫfðuð
3rd-person plural kvefja kvǫfðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kvefja kvefða
2nd-person singular kvefir kvefðir
3rd-person singular kvefi kvefði
1st-person plural kvefim kvefðim
2nd-person plural kvefið kvefðið
3rd-person plural kvefi kvefði
imperative present
2nd-person singular kvef
1st-person plural kvefjum
2nd-person plural kvefið
Conjugation of kvefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive kvefjask
present participle kvefjandisk
past participle kvafzk, kvafizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular kvefjumk kvǫfðumk
2nd-person singular kvefsk kvafðisk
3rd-person singular kvefsk kvafðisk
1st-person plural kvefjumsk kvǫfðumsk
2nd-person plural kvefizk kvǫfðuzk
3rd-person plural kvefjask kvǫfðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kvefjumk kvefðumk
2nd-person singular kvefisk kvefðisk
3rd-person singular kvefisk kvefðisk
1st-person plural kvefimsk kvefðimsk
2nd-person plural kvefizk kvefðizk
3rd-person plural kvefisk kvefðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular kvefsk
1st-person plural kvefjumsk
2nd-person plural kvefizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kvefja, kefja
  • Norwegian: kveve
  • Old Swedish: kvävja

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