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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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tefja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur tefja
supine sagnbót tafið
present participle
tefjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég tef tafði tefji tefði
þú tefur tafðir tefjir tefðir
hann, hún, það tefur tafði tefji tefði
plural við tefjum töfðum tefjum tefðum
þið tefjið töfðuð tefjið tefðuð
þeir, þær, þau tefja töfðu tefji tefðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú tef (þú), tefðu
plural þið tefjið (þið), tefjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
tefjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur tefjast
supine sagnbót tafist
present participle
tefjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég tefst tafðist tefjist tefðist
þú tefst tafðist tefjist tefðist
hann, hún, það tefst tafðist tefjist tefðist
plural við tefjumst töfðumst tefjumst tefðumst
þið tefjist töfðust tefjist tefðust
þeir, þær, þau tefjast töfðust tefjist tefðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú tefst (þú), tefstu
plural þið tefist (þið), tefisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
tafinn — 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)
tafinn tafin tafið tafðir tafðar tafin
accusative
(þolfall)
tafinn tafða tafið tafða tafðar tafin
dative
(þágufall)
töfðum tafinni töfðu töfðum töfðum töfðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
tafins tafinnar tafins tafinna tafinna tafinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
tafði tafða tafða töfðu töfðu töfðu
accusative
(þolfall)
tafða töfðu tafða töfðu töfðu töfðu
dative
(þágufall)
tafða töfðu tafða töfðu töfðu töfðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
tafða töfðu tafða töfðu töfðu töfðu
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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