sveðja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sveðja, from Proto-Germanic *swaþjǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

sveðja f (genitive singular sveðju, nominative plural sveðjur)

  1. sabre

Declension

    Declension of sveðja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sveðja sveðjan sveðjur sveðjurnar
accusative sveðju sveðjuna sveðjur sveðjurnar
dative sveðju sveðjunni sveðjum sveðjunum
genitive sveðju sveðjunnar sveðja sveðjanna

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

sveðja (singular past indicative svaddi)

  1. (intransitive, of a sword) to slide, glance off

Conjugation

Conjugation of sveðja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive sveðja
present participle sveðjandi
past participle –
indicative present past
1st-person singular sveð svadda
2nd-person singular sveðr svaddir
3rd-person singular sveðr svaddi
1st-person plural sveðjum svǫddum
2nd-person plural sveðið svǫdduð
3rd-person plural sveðja svǫddu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular sveðja svedda
2nd-person singular sveðir sveddir
3rd-person singular sveði sveddi
1st-person plural sveðim sveddim
2nd-person plural sveðið sveddið
3rd-person plural sveði sveddi
imperative present
2nd-person singular sveð
1st-person plural sveðjum
2nd-person plural sveðið

References

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