rjúfa

From Old Norse rjúfa, from Proto-Germanic *reufaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjuːva/
• Rhymes: -uːva

rjúfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rauf, third-person plural past indicative rufu, supine rofið)

1. (transitive) to break, interrupt (e.g. a connection, agreement, etc.)

   hann rauf samkomulagið við okkur ― he broke the agreement with us

• “rjúfa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Proto-Germanic *reufaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to break”).

rjúfa (singular past indicative rauf, plural past indicative rufu, past participle rofinn)

1. (transitive) to break a hole in, break

   rjúfa undir

   to make wounds

2. (figuratively) to break, violate (e.g. a law)
3. (impersonal) to clear away

   Synonym: hrjóða

   rýfr þokuna

   the fog clears away

• rauf f
• raufa
• reyfa

• Icelandic: rjúfa
• Faroese: rjúva
• >? Norwegian Bokmål: rubbe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rjuva
• Old Swedish: rȳva, riuva, riūva

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