skelfa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛlva/
• Rhymes: -ɛlva

Verb

skelfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skelfdi, supine skelft)

1. to frighten [with accusative]

Conjugation

skelfa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skelfa
supine (sagnbót)		skelft
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skelfandi
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	skelfi	skelfum	skelfir	skelfið	skelfir	skelfa
	past (þátíð)	skelfdi	skelfdum	skelfdir	skelfduð	skelfdi	skelfdu
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	skelfi	skelfum	skelfir	skelfið	skelfi	skelfi
	past (þátíð)	skelfdi	skelfdum	skelfdir	skelfduð	skelfdi	skelfdu
imperative (boðháttur)			skelf			skelfið
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			skelfdu			skelfiði1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skelfast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skelfast
supine (sagnbót)		skelfst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skelfandist2
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	skelfist	skelfumst	skelfist	skelfist	skelfist	skelfast
	past (þátíð)	skelfdist	skelfdumst	skelfdist	skelfdust	skelfdist	skelfdust
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	skelfist	skelfumst	skelfist	skelfist	skelfist	skelfist
	past (þátíð)	skelfdist	skelfdumst	skelfdist	skelfdust	skelfdist	skelfdust
imperative (boðháttur)			skelfst			skelfist
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			skelfstu			skelfisti1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
²⁾ the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses

skelfdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skelfdur	skelfd	skelft	skelfdir	skelfdar	skelfd
accusative (þolfall)	skelfdan	skelfda	skelft	skelfda	skelfdar	skelfd
dative (þágufall)	skelfdum	skelfdri	skelfdu	skelfdum	skelfdum	skelfdum
genitive (eignarfall)	skelfds	skelfdrar	skelfds	skelfdra	skelfdra	skelfdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skelfdi	skelfda	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfdu	skelfdu
accusative (þolfall)	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfdu	skelfdu
dative (þágufall)	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfdu	skelfdu
genitive (eignarfall)	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfda	skelfdu	skelfdu	skelfdu

Derived terms

• skelfing (“fright, terror”)

Related terms

• skjálfa (“to shiver, to tremble”)