fjúka

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See also: fjuka

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Derived terms

  • fok (drifting)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feukaną.

Verb

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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fjúka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyka, fyke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyke
  • Old Swedish: fiūka, fȳka
  • Danish: fyge

References

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