slefa

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Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

slefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slefaði, supine slefað)

  1. to drool
    Ég slefa ekki.
    I don't drool.

Conjugation

Noun

slefa f (genitive singular slefu, no plural)

  1. drool

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

slefa f (genitive slefu)

  1. slaver (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: slefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sleva, sleve

References

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