bǫlva

See also: bölva

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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

1. (transitive, with dative) to curse (clarification of this definition is needed)
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.