svelga

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Italian

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svellere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svelge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swelganą, whence also Old English swelgan, Old High German swelhan.

Verb

svelga (singular past indicative svalg, plural past indicative sulgum, past participle sólginn)

  1. to swallow

Conjugation

Conjugation of svelga — active (strong class 3)
infinitive svelga
present participle svelgandi
past participle solginn
indicative present past
1st-person singular svelg svalg
2nd-person singular svelgr svalgt
3rd-person singular svelgr svalg
1st-person plural svelgum sulgum
2nd-person plural svelgið sulguð
3rd-person plural svelga sulgu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svelga sylga
2nd-person singular svelgir sylgir
3rd-person singular svelgi sylgi
1st-person plural svelgim sylgim
2nd-person plural svelgið sylgið
3rd-person plural svelgi sylgi
imperative present
2nd-person singular svelg
1st-person plural svelgum
2nd-person plural svelgið
Conjugation of svelga — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive svelgask
present participle svelgandisk
past participle solgizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular svelgumk sulgumk
2nd-person singular svelgsk svalgzk
3rd-person singular svelgsk svalgsk
1st-person plural svelgumsk sulgumsk
2nd-person plural svelgizk sulguzk
3rd-person plural svelgask sulgusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svelgumk sylgumk
2nd-person singular svelgisk sylgisk
3rd-person singular svelgisk sylgisk
1st-person plural svelgimsk sylgimsk
2nd-person plural svelgizk sylgizk
3rd-person plural svelgisk sylgisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular svelgsk
1st-person plural svelgumsk
2nd-person plural svelgizk

Descendants

Note that many of these forms are descended from svelgja.

References

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