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hverfa
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
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)
- (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
- to disappear
- Stundum langar mig bara að hverfa.
- Sometimes I just want to disappear.
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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)
- (transitive) to turn
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.
Etymology 3
Noun
hverfa
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Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.
Verb
hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn)
- (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
- (intransitive) to disappear
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną.
Verb
hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr)
- (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
hverfa
Adjective
hverfa
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hverfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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