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tefja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tefja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tafði, supine tafið)

  1. to delay
  2. to hinder, to obstruct
  3. to tarry, to stay

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tabjan-, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰ-éie-, see also Sanskrit दिप्सति (dipsati, to deceive).

Verb

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tefja (singular past indicative tafði, plural past indicative tǫfðu, past participle tafðr or tafiðr)

  1. to delay, hinder

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive tefja
present participle tefjandi
past participle tafðr, tafiðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular tef tafða tefja tefða
2nd person singular tefr tafðir tefir tefðir
3rd person singular tefr tafði tefi tefði
1st person plural tefjum tǫfðum tefim tefðim
2nd person plural tefið tǫfðuð tefið tefðið
3rd person plural tefja tǫfðu tefi tefði
imperative present
2nd person singular tef
1st person plural tefjum
2nd person plural tefið
Conjugation of tefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive tefjask
present participle tefjandisk
past participle tafzk, tafizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular tefjumk tǫfðumk tefjumk tefðumk
2nd person singular tefsk tafðisk tefisk tefðisk
3rd person singular tefsk tafðisk tefisk tefðisk
1st person plural tefjumsk tǫfðumsk tefimsk tefðimsk
2nd person plural tefizk tǫfðuzk tefizk tefðizk
3rd person plural tefjask tǫfðusk tefisk tefðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular tefsk
1st person plural tefjumsk
2nd person plural tefizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tefja

Further reading

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