fǫlna

See also: folna, fölna, and følna

Old Norse

Etymology

From the adjective fǫlr +‎ -na.

Verb

fǫlna

1. (intransitive) to grow pale
2. (intransitive) to wither

Conjugation

Conjugation of fǫlna — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	fǫlna
present participle	fǫlnandi
past participle	fǫlnaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫlna	fǫlnaða
2nd-person singular	fǫlnar	fǫlnaðir
3rd-person singular	fǫlnar	fǫlnaði
1st-person plural	fǫlnum	fǫlnuðum
2nd-person plural	fǫlnið	fǫlnuðuð
3rd-person plural	fǫlna	fǫlnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫlna	fǫlnaða
2nd-person singular	fǫlnir	fǫlnaðir
3rd-person singular	fǫlni	fǫlnaði
1st-person plural	fǫlnim	fǫlnaðim
2nd-person plural	fǫlnið	fǫlnaðið
3rd-person plural	fǫlni	fǫlnaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fǫlna
1st-person plural	fǫlnum
2nd-person plural	fǫlnið

Conjugation of fǫlna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	fǫlnask
present participle	fǫlnandisk
past participle	fǫlnazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫlnumk	fǫlnuðumk
2nd-person singular	fǫlnask	fǫlnaðisk
3rd-person singular	fǫlnask	fǫlnaðisk
1st-person plural	fǫlnumsk	fǫlnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	fǫlnizk	fǫlnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	fǫlnask	fǫlnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫlnumk	fǫlnuðumk
2nd-person singular	fǫlnisk	fǫlnaðisk
3rd-person singular	fǫlnisk	fǫlnaðisk
1st-person plural	fǫlnimsk	fǫlnaðimsk
2nd-person plural	fǫlnizk	fǫlnaðizk
3rd-person plural	fǫlnisk	fǫlnaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fǫlnask
1st-person plural	fǫlnumsk
2nd-person plural	fǫlnizk

Derived terms

• fǫlnan f

Descendants

• Icelandic: fölna
• Faroese: følna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folna, folne (e- and split infinitives)
• Swedish: falna
• Danish: falme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: falme
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: falme

References

• fölna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.