sverja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sverja, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja

Verb

sverja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sór, third-person plural past indicative sóru, supine svarið)

  1. to swear (make an oath)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Cognate with Old English swerian ( > English swear), Old Frisian swera ( > West Frisian swarre) Old Saxon swerian ( > Low German swören, sweren), Old High German sweren, swerien ( > German schwören), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (swaran).

Verb

sverja

  1. to swear

Conjugation

The verb can be conjugated either as a class 6 strong verb, or as a class 1 weak short-stem verb (retaining the strong present participle).

Descendants

References

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