hefna
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hefna, cognate with Danish hævne, Norwegian Bokmål hevne, Norwegian Nynorsk hemne, Swedish hämna, hämnas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛpna/
- Rhymes: -ɛpna
Verb
hefna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hefndi, supine hefnt)
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að hefna | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | hefnt | |||||
| present participle |
hefnandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | hefni | hefndi | hefni | hefndi | |
| þú | hefnir | hefndir | hefnir | hefndir | ||
| hann, hún, það | hefnir | hefndi | hefni | hefndi | ||
| plural | við | hefnum | hefndum | hefnum | hefndum | |
| þið | hefnið | hefnduð | hefnið | hefnduð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | hefna | hefndu | hefni | hefndu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | hefn (þú), hefndu | ||||
| plural | þið | hefnið (þið), hefniði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
| infinitive nafnháttur | að hefnast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | hefnst | |||||
| present participle |
hefnandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | hefnist | hefndist | hefnist | hefndist | |
| þú | hefnist | hefndist | hefnist | hefndist | ||
| hann, hún, það | hefnist | hefndist | hefnist | hefndist | ||
| plural | við | hefnumst | hefndumst | hefnumst | hefndumst | |
| þið | hefnist | hefndust | hefnist | hefndust | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | hefnast | hefndust | hefnist | hefndust | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | hefnst (þú), hefnstu | ||||
| plural | þið | hefnist (þið), hefnisti1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
- hefna sín á
- hefnast
Related terms
- hefnd (noun)
Further reading
- “hefna” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)