kvefja

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

kvefja (singular past indicative kvafði, plural past indicative kvǫfðu, past participle kvafðr or kvafiðr)

1. (transitive) to smother, suffocate; to choke
2. (transitive) to submerge in water; to dip
3. (impersonal, transitive) to sink
4. (mediopassive) to dive, duck

Conjugation

Conjugation of kvefja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	kvefja
present participle	kvefjandi
past participle	kvafðr, kvafiðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kvef	kvafða
2nd-person singular	kvefr	kvafðir
3rd-person singular	kvefr	kvafði
1st-person plural	kvefjum	kvǫfðum
2nd-person plural	kvefið	kvǫfðuð
3rd-person plural	kvefja	kvǫfðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kvefja	kvefða
2nd-person singular	kvefir	kvefðir
3rd-person singular	kvefi	kvefði
1st-person plural	kvefim	kvefðim
2nd-person plural	kvefið	kvefðið
3rd-person plural	kvefi	kvefði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kvef
1st-person plural	kvefjum
2nd-person plural	kvefið

Conjugation of kvefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	kvefjask
present participle	kvefjandisk
past participle	kvafzk, kvafizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kvefjumk	kvǫfðumk
2nd-person singular	kvefsk	kvafðisk
3rd-person singular	kvefsk	kvafðisk
1st-person plural	kvefjumsk	kvǫfðumsk
2nd-person plural	kvefizk	kvǫfðuzk
3rd-person plural	kvefjask	kvǫfðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kvefjumk	kvefðumk
2nd-person singular	kvefisk	kvefðisk
3rd-person singular	kvefisk	kvefðisk
1st-person plural	kvefimsk	kvefðimsk
2nd-person plural	kvefizk	kvefðizk
3rd-person plural	kvefisk	kvefðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kvefsk
1st-person plural	kvefjumsk
2nd-person plural	kvefizk

Related terms

• kœfa

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvefja, kefja
• Norwegian: kveve
• Old Swedish: kvävja
  • Swedish: kväva

References

• “kvefja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press