elska

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go).

Verb

elska (third person singular past indicative elskaði, third person plural past indicative elskaðu, supine elskað)

  1. to love

Conjugation

Conjugation of elska (group v-30)
infinitive elska
supine elskað
participle (a6)1 elskandi elskaður
present past
first singular elski elskaði
second singular elskar elskaði
third singular elskar elskaði
plural elska elskaðu
imperative
singular elska!
plural elskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse elska.

Pronunciation

Noun

elska f (genitive singular elsku, nominative plural elskur)

  1. love
    Ekki gráta elsku vinur.
    Don't cry dear friend.

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Verb

elska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative elskaði, supine elskað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to love
    Ég elska konuna mína.
    I love my wife.
    Hann elskaði mig aldrei.
    He never loved me.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

elska

  1. inflection of elske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish).

Pronunciation

Verb

elska (present tense elskar, past tense elska, past participle elska, passive infinitive elskast, present participle elskande, imperative elska/elsk)

  1. to love

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go). Related to Old Norse elskr (dear, beloved), Old English ellen (courage, zeal). More at ellen.

Verb

elska

  1. to love

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: elska
  • Faroese: elska
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elska; (dialectal) eilske, eske
  • Old Swedish: ælska
  • Danish: elske

References

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