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vefja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vefja, from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vafði, supine vafið)

  1. to wrap [with dative or accusative ‘something’, along with um (+ accusative) ‘around something’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Verb

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vefja (singular past indicative vafði, plural past indicative vǫfðu, past participle vafðr or vafiðr)

  1. to wrap, fold
  2. to entangle, embroil
  3. (mediopassive) to straggle

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive vefja
present participle vefjandi
past participle vafðr, vafiðr, vafinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vef vafða vefja vefða
2nd person singular vefr vafðir vefir vefðir
3rd person singular vefr vafði vefi vefði
1st person plural vefjum vǫfðum vefim vefðim
2nd person plural vefið vǫfðuð vefið vefðið
3rd person plural vefja vǫfðu vefi vefði
imperative present
2nd person singular vef
1st person plural vefjum
2nd person plural vefið
Conjugation of vefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive vefjask
present participle vefjandisk
past participle vafzk, vafizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vefjumk vǫfðumk vefjumk vefðumk
2nd person singular vefsk vafðisk vefisk vefðisk
3rd person singular vefsk vafðisk vefisk vefðisk
1st person plural vefjumsk vǫfðumsk vefimsk vefðimsk
2nd person plural vefizk vǫfðuzk vefizk vefðizk
3rd person plural vefjask vǫfðusk vefisk vefðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular vefsk
1st person plural vefjumsk
2nd person plural vefizk
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vefja
  • Faroese: vevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vevja, vevje
  • Elfdalian: weva

Further reading

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