slefa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Declension of slefa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slefa slefan slefur slefurnar
accusative slefu slefuna slefur slefurnar
dative slefu slefunni slefum slefunum
genitive slefu slefunnar slefna slefnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: slefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sleva, sleve

Further reading

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