tefja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tefja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tafði, supine tafið)

  1. to delay
  2. to hinder, to obstruct
  3. to tarry, to stay

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tabjan-, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰ-éie-, see also Sanskrit दिप्सति (dipsati, to deceive).

Verb

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tefja (singular past indicative tafði, plural past indicative tǫfðu, past participle tafðr or tafiðr)

  1. to delay, hinder

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tefja

References

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