hverfa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɛrva/
    Rhymes: -ɛrva

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hvarf, third-person plural past indicative hurfu, supine horfið)

  1. (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
  2. to disappear, vanish
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • hverfa frá (to stop doing something)
  • hverfa til (to embrace something)

Etymology 2

Causative of hverfa (1). From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną.

Verb

hverfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hverfði, supine hverft)

  1. (transitive) to turn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

hverfa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hverfi

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn)

  1. (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną.

Verb

hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr)

  1. (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind
Conjugation
Descendants

References

  • hverfa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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