sveðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sveðja, from Proto-Germanic *swaþjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛðja/

  Rhymes: -ɛðja

Noun

sveðja f (genitive singular sveðju, nominative plural sveðjur)

1. sabre

Declension

Declension of sveðja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sveðja	sveðjan	sveðjur	sveðjurnar
accusative	sveðju	sveðjuna	sveðjur	sveðjurnar
dative	sveðju	sveðjunni	sveðjum	sveðjunum
genitive	sveðju	sveðjunnar	sveðja	sveðjanna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “sveðja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

sveðja (singular past indicative svaddi)

1. (intransitive, of a sword) to slide, glance off

Conjugation

Conjugation of sveðja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	sveðja
present participle	sveðjandi
past participle	–
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sveð	svadda
2nd-person singular	sveðr	svaddir
3rd-person singular	sveðr	svaddi
1st-person plural	sveðjum	svǫddum
2nd-person plural	sveðið	svǫdduð
3rd-person plural	sveðja	svǫddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sveðja	svedda
2nd-person singular	sveðir	sveddir
3rd-person singular	sveði	sveddi
1st-person plural	sveðim	sveddim
2nd-person plural	sveðið	sveddið
3rd-person plural	sveði	sveddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sveð
1st-person plural	sveðjum
2nd-person plural	sveðið

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sveðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 420; also available at the Internet Archive