svefja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swabjaną. Akin to dialectal English sweb.

Verb

svefja (singular past indicative svafði, plural past indicative svǫfðu, past participle svafðr)

  1. to lull to sleep
  2. to assuage, to soothe

Conjugation

Conjugation of svefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive svefja
present participle svefjandi
past participle svafðr, svafiðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svef svafða svefja svefða
2nd person singular svefr svafðir svefir svefðir
3rd person singular svefr svafði svefi svefði
1st person plural svefjum svǫfðum svefim svefðim
2nd person plural svefið svǫfðuð svefið svefðið
3rd person plural svefja svǫfðu svefi svefði
imperative present
2nd person singular svef
1st person plural svefjum
2nd person plural svefið
Conjugation of svefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive svefjask
present participle svefjandisk
past participle svafzk, svafizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svefjumk svǫfðumk svefjumk svefðumk
2nd person singular svefsk svafðisk svefisk svefðisk
3rd person singular svefsk svafðisk svefisk svefðisk
1st person plural svefjumsk svǫfðumsk svefimsk svefðimsk
2nd person plural svefizk svǫfðuzk svefizk svefðizk
3rd person plural svefjask svǫfðusk svefisk svefðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular svefsk
1st person plural svefjumsk
2nd person plural svefizk
  • sofa (to sleep)
  • svefn (sleep)
  • svæfa
  • sœfa, sǿfa (to put to sleep; to kill)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svefja

Further reading

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