sveðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sveðja, from Proto-Germanic *swaþjǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛðja/
    Rhymes: -ɛðja

Noun

sveðja f (genitive singular sveðju, nominative plural sveðjur)

  1. sabre

Declension

Declension of sveðja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sveðja sveðjan sveðjur sveðjurnar
accusative sveðju sveðjuna sveðjur sveðjurnar
dative sveðju sveðjunni sveðjum sveðjunum
genitive sveðju sveðjunnar sveðja sveðjanna

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

sveðja (singular past indicative svaddi)

  1. (intransitive, of a sword) to slide, glance off

Conjugation

Conjugation of sveðja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive sveðja
present participle sveðjandi
past participle
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sveð svadda sveðja svedda
2nd person singular sveðr svaddir sveðir sveddir
3rd person singular sveðr svaddi sveði sveddi
1st person plural sveðjum svǫddum sveðim sveddim
2nd person plural sveðið svǫdduð sveðið sveddið
3rd person plural sveðja svǫddu sveði sveddi
imperative present
2nd person singular sveð
1st person plural sveðjum
2nd person plural sveðið

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sveðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 420; also available at the Internet Archive