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svífa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svífa, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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svífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sveif, third-person plural past indicative svifu, supine svifið)

  1. to hover, glide, soar
    Synonym: sveima

Conjugation

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svífa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur svífa
supine sagnbót svifið
present participle
svífandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég svíf sveif svífi svifi
þú svífur sveifst svífir svifir
hann, hún, það svífur sveif svífi svifi
plural við svífum svifum svífum svifum
þið svífið svifuð svífið svifuð
þeir, þær, þau svífa svifu svífi svifu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú svíf (þú), svífðu
plural þið svífið (þið), svífiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
svífast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur svífast
supine sagnbót svifist
present participle
svífandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég svífst sveifst svífist svifist
þú svífst sveifst svífist svifist
hann, hún, það svífst sveifst svífist svifist
plural við svífumst svifumst svífumst svifumst
þið svífist svifust svífist svifust
þeir, þær, þau svífast svifust svífist svifust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú svífst (þú), svífstu
plural þið svífist (þið), svífisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
svifinn — 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)
svifinn svifin svifið svifnir svifnar svifin
accusative
(þolfall)
svifinn svifna svifið svifna svifnar svifin
dative
(þágufall)
svifnum svifinni svifnu svifnum svifnum svifnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
svifins svifinnar svifins svifinna svifinna svifinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
svifni svifna svifna svifnu svifnu svifnu
accusative
(þolfall)
svifna svifnu svifna svifnu svifnu svifnu
dative
(þágufall)
svifna svifnu svifna svifnu svifnu svifnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
svifna svifnu svifna svifnu svifnu svifnu

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swībaną.

Verb

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svífa (singular past indicative sveif, plural past indicative svifu, past participle svifinn)

  1. to rove, ramble
  2. (impersonal) to cause to swerve or drift [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "swerve, drift" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of svífa — active (strong class 1)
infinitive svífa
present participle svífandi
past participle svifinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svíf sveif svífa svifa
2nd person singular svífr sveift svífir svifir
3rd person singular svífr sveif svífi svifi
1st person plural svífum svifum svífim svifim
2nd person plural svífið svifuð svífið svifið
3rd person plural svífa svifu svífi svifi
imperative present
2nd person singular svíf
1st person plural svífum
2nd person plural svífið
Conjugation of svífa — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive svífask
present participle svífandisk
past participle svifizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svífumk svifumk svífumk svifumk
2nd person singular svífsk sveifzk svífisk svifisk
3rd person singular svífsk sveifsk svífisk svifisk
1st person plural svífumsk svifumsk svífimsk svifimsk
2nd person plural svífizk svifuzk svífizk svifizk
3rd person plural svífask svifusk svífisk svifisk
imperative present
2nd person singular svífsk
1st person plural svífumsk
2nd person plural svífizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: svífa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sviva, svive
  • Swedish: sväva

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “svífa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 423; also available at the Internet Archive