svella

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with Swedish svälla, English swell, German schwellen, Dutch zwellen, Luxembourgish schwëllen.

Pronunciation

Verb

svella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svall, third-person plural past indicative sullu, supine sollið)

  1. (intransitive) to swell, to surge

Conjugation

svella — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að svella
supine
(sagnbót) 		sollið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		svellandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég svell við svellum present
(nútíð) 		ég svelli við svellum
þú svellur þið svellið þú svellir þið svellið
hann, hún, það svellur þeir, þær, þau svella hann, hún, það svelli þeir, þær, þau svelli
past
(þátíð) 		ég svall við sullum past
(þátíð) 		ég sylli við syllum
þú svallst þið sulluð þú syllir þið sylluð
hann, hún, það svall þeir, þær, þau sullu hann, hún, það sylli þeir, þær, þau syllu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		svell (þú) svellið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
svelltu svelliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sollinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sollinn sollin sollið sollnir sollnar sollin
accusative
(þolfall) 		sollinn sollna sollið sollna sollnar sollin
dative
(þágufall) 		sollnum sollinni sollnu sollnum sollnum sollnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		sollins sollinnar sollins sollinna sollinna sollinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sollni sollna sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
dative
(þágufall) 		sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu

Synonyms

Italian

Verb

svella

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

Verb

svella (singular past indicative svall, plural past indicative sullu, past participle sollinn)

  1. to swell

Conjugation

Conjugation of svella — active (strong class 3)
infinitive svella
present participle svellandi
past participle sollinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular svell svall
2nd-person singular svellr svallt
3rd-person singular svellr svall
1st-person plural svellum sullum
2nd-person plural svellið sulluð
3rd-person plural svella sullu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svella sylla
2nd-person singular svellir syllir
3rd-person singular svelli sylli
1st-person plural svellim syllim
2nd-person plural svellið syllið
3rd-person plural svelli sylli
imperative present
2nd-person singular svell
1st-person plural svellum
2nd-person plural svellið
Conjugation of svella — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive svellask
present participle svellandisk
past participle sollizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular svellumk sullumk
2nd-person singular svellsk svallzk
3rd-person singular svellsk svallsk
1st-person plural svellumsk sullumsk
2nd-person plural svellizk sulluzk
3rd-person plural svellask sullusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svellumk syllumk
2nd-person singular svellisk syllisk
3rd-person singular svellisk syllisk
1st-person plural svellimsk syllimsk
2nd-person plural svellizk syllizk
3rd-person plural svellisk syllisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular svellsk
1st-person plural svellumsk
2nd-person plural svellizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svella, svelle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svelle
  • Old Swedish: svælla

References

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