skjalfa

See also: skjálfa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skelbaną.

Verb

skjalfa (singular past indicative skalf, plural past indicative skulfu, past participle skolfinn)

1. (intransitive) shiver, shake, quiver

Conjugation

Conjugation of skjalfa — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	skjalfa
present participle	skjalfandi
past participle	skolfinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skelf	skalf
2nd-person singular	skelfr	skalft
3rd-person singular	skelfr	skalf
1st-person plural	skjǫlfum	skulfum
2nd-person plural	skjalfið	skulfuð
3rd-person plural	skjalfa	skulfu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skjalfa	skylfa
2nd-person singular	skjalfir	skylfir
3rd-person singular	skjalfi	skylfi
1st-person plural	skjalfim	skylfim
2nd-person plural	skjalfið	skylfið
3rd-person plural	skjalfi	skylfi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skjalf
1st-person plural	skjǫlfum
2nd-person plural	skjalfið

Descendants

• Icelandic: skjálfa
• Faroese: skjálva, skelva
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjelva; (dialectal) skjæve, skjølve
• Elfdalian: stjåva
• Old Swedish: skiælva
  • Swedish: skälva
• Danish: skælve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjelve

References

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