horva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse horfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną. Cognate with Icelandic horfa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːɹva/
  • Rhymes: -oːɹva
  • Hyphenation: hor‧va

Verb

horva (third person singular past indicative horvdi, third person plural past indicative horvdu, supine horvt)

  1. (transitive) to face
  2. (intransitive) to slant, to slope [with undan ‘downhil’ or ímóti ‘uphill’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-1)
infinitive
supine horvt
present past
first singular horvi horvdi
second singular horvir horvdi
third singular horvir horvdi
plural horva horvdu
participle (a7)1 horvandi horvdur
imperative
singular horv!
plural horvið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

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