lifna
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *lifnaną, *lifnōną. Cognates include Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*lifnan).
Verb
[edit]lifna
- to be left
- to come to life
- to revive
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: lifna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: livna, livne
- Norwegian Bokmål: livne
- Old Swedish: limna, lifna
- Old Danish: leffnæ
References
[edit]- “lifna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press