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hverfa

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to turn
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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hverfa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hverfi

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
  2. (intransitive) to disappear
Conjugation
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Conjugation of hverfa — active (strong class 3)
infinitive hverfa
present participle hverfandi
past participle horfinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hverf hvarf hverfa hyrfa
2nd person singular hverfr hvarft hverfir hyrfir
3rd person singular hverfr hvarf hverfi hyrfi
1st person plural hverfum hurfum hverfim hyrfim
2nd person plural hverfið hurfuð hverfið hyrfið
3rd person plural hverfa hurfu hverfi hyrfi
imperative present
2nd person singular hverf
1st person plural hverfum
2nd person plural hverfið
Conjugation of hverfa — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive hverfask
present participle hverfandisk
past participle horfizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hverfumk hurfumk hverfumk hyrfumk
2nd person singular hverfsk hvarfzk hverfisk hyrfisk
3rd person singular hverfsk hvarfsk hverfisk hyrfisk
1st person plural hverfumsk hurfumsk hverfimsk hyrfimsk
2nd person plural hverfizk hurfuzk hverfizk hyrfizk
3rd person plural hverfask hurfusk hverfisk hyrfisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hverfsk
1st person plural hverfumsk
2nd person plural hverfizk
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: hverfa
  • Faroese: hvørva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverva, kverve

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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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
Conjugation
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Conjugation of hverfa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hverfa
present participle hverfandi
past participle hverfðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hverfi hverfða hverfa hverfða
2nd person singular hverfir hverfðir hverfir hverfðir
3rd person singular hverfir hverfði hverfi hverfði
1st person plural hverfum hverfðum hverfim hverfðim
2nd person plural hverfið hverfðuð hverfið hverfðið
3rd person plural hverfa hverfðu hverfi hverfði
imperative present
2nd person singular hverf, hverfi
1st person plural hverfum
2nd person plural hverfið
Conjugation of hverfa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hverfask
present participle hverfandisk
past participle hverfzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hverfumk hverfðumk hverfumk hverfðumk
2nd person singular hverfisk hverfðisk hverfisk hverfðisk
3rd person singular hverfisk hverfðisk hverfisk hverfðisk
1st person plural hverfumsk hverfðumsk hverfimsk hverfðimsk
2nd person plural hverfizk hverfðuzk hverfizk hverfðizk
3rd person plural hverfask hverfðusk hverfisk hverfðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hverfsk, hverfisk
1st person plural hverfumsk
2nd person plural hverfizk
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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hverfa

  1. genitive plural of hverfi

Adjective

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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

Further reading

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