bǫlva

See also: bölva

Old Norse

Verb

bǫlva (singular past indicative bǫlvaði, plural past indicative bǫluðu, past participle bǫlvaðr)

1. (transitive, with dative) to curse
2. to swear

Conjugation

Conjugation of bǫlva — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	bǫlva
present participle	bǫlvandi
past participle	bǫlvaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫlva	bǫlvaða
2nd-person singular	bǫlvar	bǫlvaðir
3rd-person singular	bǫlvar	bǫlvaði
1st-person plural	bǫlum	bǫluðum
2nd-person plural	bǫlvið	bǫluðuð
3rd-person plural	bǫlva	bǫluðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫlva	bǫlvaða
2nd-person singular	bǫlvir	bǫlvaðir
3rd-person singular	bǫlvi	bǫlvaði
1st-person plural	bǫlvim	bǫlvaðim
2nd-person plural	bǫlvið	bǫlvaðið
3rd-person plural	bǫlvi	bǫlvaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bǫlva
1st-person plural	bǫlum
2nd-person plural	bǫlvið

Conjugation of bǫlva — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	bǫlvask
present participle	bǫlvandisk
past participle	bǫlvazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫlumk	bǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	bǫlvask	bǫlvaðisk
3rd-person singular	bǫlvask	bǫlvaðisk
1st-person plural	bǫlumsk	bǫluðumsk
2nd-person plural	bǫlvizk	bǫluðuzk
3rd-person plural	bǫlvask	bǫluðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫlumk	bǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	bǫlvisk	bǫlvaðisk
3rd-person singular	bǫlvisk	bǫlvaðisk
1st-person plural	bǫlvimsk	bǫlvaðimsk
2nd-person plural	bǫlvizk	bǫlvaðizk
3rd-person plural	bǫlvisk	bǫlvaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bǫlvask
1st-person plural	bǫlumsk
2nd-person plural	bǫlvizk

Derived terms

• bǫlvan f (“curse, imprecation”)

Related terms

• bǫl n (“bale, misfortune”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bölva

References

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