lifna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lifnaną, *lifnōną. Cognates include Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*lifnan).

Verb

lifna

1. to be left
2. to come to life
3. to revive

Conjugation

Conjugation of lifna — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	lifna
present participle	lifnandi
past participle	lifnaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lifna	lifnaða
2nd-person singular	lifnar	lifnaðir
3rd-person singular	lifnar	lifnaði
1st-person plural	lifnum	lifnuðum
2nd-person plural	lifnið	lifnuðuð
3rd-person plural	lifna	lifnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lifna	lifnaða
2nd-person singular	lifnir	lifnaðir
3rd-person singular	lifni	lifnaði
1st-person plural	lifnim	lifnaðim
2nd-person plural	lifnið	lifnaðið
3rd-person plural	lifni	lifnaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lifna
1st-person plural	lifnum
2nd-person plural	lifnið

Conjugation of lifna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	lifnask
present participle	lifnandisk
past participle	lifnazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lifnumk	lifnuðumk
2nd-person singular	lifnask	lifnaðisk
3rd-person singular	lifnask	lifnaðisk
1st-person plural	lifnumsk	lifnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	lifnizk	lifnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	lifnask	lifnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lifnumk	lifnuðumk
2nd-person singular	lifnisk	lifnaðisk
3rd-person singular	lifnisk	lifnaðisk
1st-person plural	lifnimsk	lifnaðimsk
2nd-person plural	lifnizk	lifnaðizk
3rd-person plural	lifnisk	lifnaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lifnask
1st-person plural	lifnumsk
2nd-person plural	lifnizk

Related terms

• leifa

Descendants

• Icelandic: lifna (“to grow, strengthen”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: livna (“to come alive”), livne
• Norwegian Bokmål: livne
• Old Swedish: limna, lifna
  • lämna (“to leave”)
• Old Danish: leffnæ
  • Danish: levne (“to leave”)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: levne

References

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