svefja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swabjaną. Akin to dialectal English sweb.

Verb

svefja (singular past indicative svafði, plural past indicative svǫfðu, past participle svafðr)

to lull to sleep
to assuage, to soothe

Conjugation

Conjugation of svefja — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	svefja
present participle	svefjandi
past participle	svafðr, svafiðr
1st-person singular	svef	svafða
2nd-person singular	svefr	svafðir
3rd-person singular	svefr	svafði
1st-person plural	svefjum	svǫfðum
2nd-person plural	svefið	svǫfðuð
3rd-person plural	svefja	svǫfðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svefja	svefða
2nd-person singular	svefir	svefðir
3rd-person singular	svefi	svefði
1st-person plural	svefim	svefðim
2nd-person plural	svefið	svefðið
3rd-person plural	svefi	svefði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svef
1st-person plural	svefjum
2nd-person plural	svefið

Conjugation of svefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	svefjask
present participle	svefjandisk
past participle	svafzk, svafizk
1st-person singular	svefjumk	svǫfðumk
2nd-person singular	svefsk	svafðisk
3rd-person singular	svefsk	svafðisk
1st-person plural	svefjumsk	svǫfðumsk
2nd-person plural	svefizk	svǫfðuzk
3rd-person plural	svefjask	svǫfðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svefjumk	svefðumk
2nd-person singular	svefisk	svefðisk
3rd-person singular	svefisk	svefðisk
1st-person plural	svefimsk	svefðimsk
2nd-person plural	svefizk	svefðizk
3rd-person plural	svefisk	svefðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svefsk
1st-person plural	svefjumsk
2nd-person plural	svefizk

Related terms

sofa (“to sleep”)
svefn (“sleep”)
svæfa
sœfa, sǿfa (“to put to sleep; to kill”)

Descendants

Icelandic: svefja

References

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

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