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hefja
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hefja, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”). Cognate with Faroese hevja, Swedish häva, Danish hæve, English heave, Dutch heffen, German heben.
Pronunciation
Verb
hefja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hóf, third-person plural past indicative hófu, supine hafið)
- to lift, to raise [with accusative]
- Synonym: lyfta
- to elevate, to exalt, to promote [with accusative]
- to begin, to start [with accusative]
- Synonym: byrja
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).
Verb
hefja (singular past indicative hóf, plural past indicative hófu, past participle hafiðr or hafinn)
- (transitive) to heave, lift, raise
- (transitive) to exalt, raise in rank
- (transitive) to begin
- nú hefr upp ― now the story begins
Conjugation
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hefja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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