deyfa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deyfa.

Pronunciation

Verb

deyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative deyfði, supine deyft)

  1. to numb
  2. (medicine) to anesthetize

Conjugation

Derived terms


Old Norse

Etymology

From daufr (deaf).

Verb

deyfa

  1. to make deaf, deafen

Conjugation

References

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