hreyfa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hreyfa, from Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hreyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreyfði, supine hreyft)

  1. to move, to shift
  2. (reflexive) to stir, to move (oneself), to exercise
  3. to bring up, to mention

Conjugation

hreyfa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að hreyfa
supine sagnbót hreyft
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 hreyfandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég hreyfi hreyfði hreyfi hreyfði
þú hreyfir hreyfðir hreyfir hreyfðir
hann, hún, það hreyfir hreyfði hreyfi hreyfði
plural við hreyfum hreyfðum hreyfum hreyfðum
þið hreyfið hreyfðuð hreyfið hreyfðuð
þeir, þær, þau hreyfa hreyfðu hreyfi hreyfðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hreyf (þú), hreyfðu
plural þið hreyfið (þið), hreyfiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hreyfast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að hreyfast
supine sagnbót hreyfst
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 hreyfandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég hreyfist hreyfðist hreyfist hreyfðist
þú hreyfist hreyfðist hreyfist hreyfðist
hann, hún, það hreyfist hreyfðist hreyfist hreyfðist
plural við hreyfumst hreyfðumst hreyfumst hreyfðumst
þið hreyfist hreyfðust hreyfist hreyfðust
þeir, þær, þau hreyfast hreyfðust hreyfist hreyfðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hreyfst (þú), hreyfstu
plural þið hreyfist (þið), hreyfisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hreyfður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		hreyfður hreyfð hreyft hreyfðir hreyfðar hreyfð
accusative
(þolfall) 		hreyfðan hreyfða hreyft hreyfða hreyfðar hreyfð
dative
(þágufall) 		hreyfðum hreyfðri hreyfðu hreyfðum hreyfðum hreyfðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		hreyfðs hreyfðrar hreyfðs hreyfðra hreyfðra hreyfðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		hreyfði hreyfða hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfðu hreyfðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfðu hreyfðu
dative
(þágufall) 		hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfðu hreyfðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfða hreyfðu hreyfðu hreyfðu

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hraubijaną.

Verb

hreyfa

  1. to move, stir

Descendants

  • Faroese: royva
  • Icelandic: hreyfa
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): røyve

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hreyfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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