svimra

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

svimra

1. past tense of svimre
2. supine of svimre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• svimre (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse svimra.

Verb

svimra (present tense svimrar, past tense svimra, past participle svimra, passive infinitive svimrast, present participle svimrande, imperative svimra/svimr)

1. (impersonal) to feel dizzy

   det svimrar for meg ― I feel dizzy

2. (intransitive) to be, feel dizzy

   eg svimra ― I felt dizzy

References

• “svimra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

svimra

1. (impersonal) to make dizzy, to make giddy [with accusative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "feel dizzy" with the accusative object as the subject)

   mik svimrar ― I feel dizzy

Conjugation

Conjugation of svimra — impersonal, active (weak class 2)

infinitive	svimra
past participle	svimraðr
indicative	present	past
3rd-person singular	svimrar	svimraði
subjunctive	present	past
3rd-person singular	svimri	svimraði

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: svimra, svimre (e-infinitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: svimre

Further reading

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