hreyfa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hreyfa, from Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

hreyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreyfði, supine hreyft)

  1. (with accusative) to move, to shift
  2. (reflexive, with accusative) to stir, to move (oneself), to exercise
  3. (with dative) to bring up, to mention

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Verb[edit]

hreyfa

  1. to move, stir

Descendants[edit]

  • Faroese: royva
  • Icelandic: hreyfa
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): røyve

References[edit]

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