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svíkva

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną.

Verb

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svíkva (singular past indicative sveik, plural past indicative sviku, past participle svikinn)

  1. to betray, deceive, cheat

Conjugation

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Conjugation of svíkva — active (strong class 1)
infinitive svíkva
present participle svíkvandi
past participle svikinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svík sveik svíkva svika
2nd person singular svíkr sveikt svíkvir svikir
3rd person singular svíkr sveik svíkvi sviki
1st person plural svíkum svikum svíkvim svikim
2nd person plural svíkvið svikuð svíkvið svikið
3rd person plural svíkva sviku svíkvi sviki
imperative present
2nd person singular svík
1st person plural svíkum
2nd person plural svíkvið
Conjugation of svíkva — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive svíkvask
present participle svíkvandisk
past participle svikizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svíkumk svikumk svíkumk svikumk
2nd person singular svíksk sveikzk svíkvisk svikisk
3rd person singular svíksk sveiksk svíkvisk svikisk
1st person plural svíkumsk svikumsk svíkvimsk svikimsk
2nd person plural svíkvizk svikuzk svíkvizk svikizk
3rd person plural svíkvask svikusk svíkvisk svikisk
imperative present
2nd person singular svíksk
1st person plural svíkumsk
2nd person plural svíkvizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: svíkja
  • Faroese: svíkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svika, svike
  • Old Swedish: svīkia
  • Danish: svige

Further reading

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