yfirgefa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪːvɪrˌcɛːva/

Verb

yfirgefa

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to abandon, to leave, to forsake

Conjugation


Old Norse

Etymology

From yfir- + gefa.

Verb

yfirgefa (singular past indicative yfirgaf, plural past indicative yfirgáfu, past participle yfirgefinn)

  1. (transitive) to forsake, abandon

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: yfirgefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overgi, overgje, overgjeva, overgjeve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overgi

References

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