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hreyfa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Verb

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hreyfa

  1. to move, stir

Descendants

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

Further reading

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