fjúka

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See also: fjuka

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fjúka, from Proto-Germanic *feukaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fjúka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fauk, third-person plural past indicative fuku, supine fokið)

  1. (intransitive) to be drifted by the wind; to be blown away

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • fok (drifting)

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *feukaną.

Verb[edit]

fjúka (singular past indicative fauk, plural past indicative fuku, past participle fokinn)

  1. (intransitive) to be drifted (by the wind)
  2. (figuratively) to fly
    Synonym: fljúga

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: fjúka
  • Faroese: fúka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyke, fyka
  • Jamtish: fýke
  • Old Swedish: fiūka, fȳka
  • Scanian: fýga
  • Danish: fyge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fyke

References[edit]

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