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horfa

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse horfa (to turn toward, face), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Noun

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horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur)

  1. look, aspect
  2. (in the plural) outlook
    Horfurnar eru góðar.
    The outlook is good.
    Horfurnar eru slæmar.
    The outlook is bad.
Declension
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Declension of horfa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horfa horfan horfur horfurnar
accusative horfu horfuna horfur horfurnar
dative horfu horfunni horfum horfunum
genitive horfu horfunnar horfa horfanna

Etymology 2

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Verb

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horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft)

  1. to look at, to watch [with á (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
    Á hvað ertu að horfa?
    What are you watching
    Ég horfði á sjónvarpið.
    I watched the television.
  2. to face
    Synonym: snúa
    Veggurinn horfir í austur.
    The wall faces east.
  3. (impersonal)
    Það horfir til vandræða.
    It looks serious.
Conjugation
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horfa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur horfa
supine sagnbót horft
present participle
horfandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég horfi horfði horfi horfði
þú horfir horfðir horfir horfðir
hann, hún, það horfir horfði horfi horfði
plural við horfum horfðum horfum horfðum
þið horfið horfðuð horfið horfðuð
þeir, þær, þau horfa horfðu horfi horfðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú horf (þú), horfðu
plural þið horfið (þið), horfiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
horfast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur horfast
supine sagnbót horfst
present participle
horfandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég horfist horfðist horfist horfðist
þú horfist horfðist horfist horfðist
hann, hún, það horfist horfðist horfist horfðist
plural við horfumst horfðumst horfumst horfðumst
þið horfist horfðust horfist horfðust
þeir, þær, þau horfast horfðust horfist horfðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú horfst (þú), horfstu
plural þið horfist (þið), horfisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Verb

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horfa (singular past indicative horfði, plural past indicative horfðu, past participle horft)

  1. to turn (be turned) in a certain direction
    horfði upp eggin
    the edge turned upwards
    suðr horfðu dyrr
    the door looked south
  2. to look in a certain way; to have a certain appearance

Conjugation

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Conjugation of horfa — active (weak class 3)
infinitive horfa
present participle horfandi
past participle horfr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular horfi horfða horfa hørfða
2nd person singular horfir horfðir horfir hørfðir
3rd person singular horfir horfði horfi hørfði
1st person plural horfum horfðum horfim hørfðim
2nd person plural horfið horfðuð horfið hørfðið
3rd person plural horfa horfðu horfi hørfði
imperative present
2nd person singular horf
1st person plural horfum
2nd person plural horfið
Conjugation of horfa — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive horfask
present participle horfandisk
past participle horfzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular horfumk horfðumk horfumk hørfðumk
2nd person singular horfisk horfðisk horfisk hørfðisk
3rd person singular horfisk horfðisk horfisk hørfðisk
1st person plural horfumsk horfðumsk horfimsk hørfðimsk
2nd person plural horfizk horfðuzk horfizk hørfðizk
3rd person plural horfask horfðusk horfisk hørfðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular horfsk
1st person plural horfumsk
2nd person plural horfizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: horfa
  • Faroese: horva

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “horfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive