kefja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

kefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafði, supine kafið)

  1. to submerge, to put under water

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną.

Verb

kefja (singular past indicative kafði or kóf, plural past indicative kǫfðu or kófu, past participle kafðr or kafiðr or kafinn)

  1. alternative form of kvefja

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kvefja, kefja
  • Norwegian: kveve
  • Old Swedish: kvävja

References

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