hverfa

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb[edit]

hverfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hvarf, third-person plural past indicative hurfu, supine horfið)

  1. (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
  2. to disappear
    Stundum langar mig bara að hverfa.
    Sometimes I just want to disappear.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Causative of hverfa (1). From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną.

Verb[edit]

hverfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hverfði, supine hverft)

  1. (transitive) to turn
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Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

hverfa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hverfi

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb[edit]

hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn)

  1. (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
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Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: hverfa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverva, kverve

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną.

Verb[edit]

hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr)

  1. (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind
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Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

hverfa

  1. genitive plural of hverfi

Adjective[edit]

hverfa

  1. inflection of hverfr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak masculine feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree neuter singular

References[edit]

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