sverja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sverja, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.

Pronunciation

Verb

sverja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sór, third-person plural past indicative sóru, supine svarið)

  1. to swear (make an oath)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sverja, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.

Verb

sverja (present tense sver, past tense svor, past participle svore, passive infinitive sverjast, present participle sverjande, imperative sver)

  1. to swear

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Cognate with Old English swerian ( > English swear), Old Frisian swera ( > West Frisian swarre) Old Saxon swerian ( > Low German swören, sweren), Old High German sweren, swerien ( > German schwören), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (swaran).

Verb

sverja (singular present indicative sverr, singular past indicative svarði or sór, plural past indicative sóru, past participle svarinn)

  1. to swear

Conjugation

The verb can be conjugated either as a class 6 strong verb, or as a class 1 weak short-stem verb (retaining the strong present participle).

Descendants

References

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