dryfta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

dryfta (present tense dryfter, past tense dryfte, past participle dryft, present participle dryftande, imperative dryft)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of drøfte

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drupatjaną. Doublet of drypa. Modern sense of "debate" coined by Viktor Rydberg and Sven Adolf Hedlund during the latter half of the 19th century.

Verb

dryfta (present dryftar, preterite dryftade, supine dryftat, imperative dryfta)

1. (dated, dialectal) clean (seeds and grains) from chaff and husks by shaking
2. (formal) debate

Conjugation

Conjugation of dryfta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	dryfta		dryftas
supine	dryftat		dryftats
imperative	dryfta		—
imper. plural1	dryften		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	dryftar	dryftade	dryftas	dryftades
ind. plural1	dryfta	dryftade	dryftas	dryftades
subjunctive2	dryfte	dryftade	dryftes	dryftades
present participle		dryftande
past participle		dryftad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• dryfta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dryfta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dryfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dryfta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)