hvíla

From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile.

hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, plural hvílur)

1. (poetic) bed
2. rest

hvíla (third person singular past indicative hvíldi, third person plural past indicative hvílt, supine hvílt)

1. to rest

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰviːla/
• Rhymes: -iːla

From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile.

hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, nominative plural hvílur)

1. (dated) bed

1=hvíldi
2=hvílt

hvíla

1. to rest, especially resting or sleeping in a bed [with accusative]

   Hér hvílir Jóhannes.

   Here rests Johannes.

2. to lie, to sleep [with accusative]

• Danish her hviler

From Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of rest”).

hvíla f (genitive hvílu)

1. bed

Form Proto-Germanic *hwīlāną (“to rest”).

hvíla

1. to rest [with accusative]

   hvíla lið sitt

   to let one's troops rest

   hvíla sik

   to take rest

2. (intransitive) to lie, rest, sleep (in a bed)
3. (intransitive) to lie buried

   til staðarins þar sem Ólafr hinn helgi hvílir

   to the city where Saint Olaf is buried

• hvílbeðr m (“bed of rest”)
• hvíld f (“rest, repose; pause”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hvíla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 220; also available at the Internet Archive