svella

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (to swell). Cognate with Swedish svälla, English swell, German schwellen, Dutch zwellen, Luxembourgish schwëllen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtla

Verb

svella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svall, third-person plural past indicative sullu, supine sollið)

  1. (intransitive) to swell, to surge
    Synonyms: bylgjast, ólga

Conjugation

svella – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur svella
supine sagnbót sollið
present participle
svellandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég svell svall svelli sylli
þú svellur svallst svellir syllir
hann, hún, það svellur svall svelli sylli
plural við svellum sullum svellum syllum
þið svellið sulluð svellið sylluð
þeir, þær, þau svella sullu svelli syllu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú svell (þú), svelltu
plural þið svellið (þið), svelliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sollinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sollinn sollin sollið sollnir sollnar sollin
accusative
(þolfall)
sollinn sollna sollið sollna sollnar sollin
dative
(þágufall)
sollnum sollinni sollnu sollnum sollnum sollnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
sollins sollinnar sollins sollinna sollinna sollinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sollni sollna sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
accusative
(þolfall)
sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
dative
(þágufall)
sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
sollna sollnu sollna sollnu sollnu sollnu

Italian

Verb

svella

  1. inflection of svellere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swellaną (to swell).

Verb

svella (singular past indicative svall, plural past indicative sullu, past participle sollinn)

  1. to swell

Conjugation

Conjugation of svella — active (strong class 3)
infinitive svella
present participle svellandi
past participle sollinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svell svall svella sylla
2nd person singular svellr svallt svellir syllir
3rd person singular svellr svall svelli sylli
1st person plural svellum sullum svellim syllim
2nd person plural svellið sulluð svellið syllið
3rd person plural svella sullu svelli sylli
imperative present
2nd person singular svell
1st person plural svellum
2nd person plural svellið
Conjugation of svella — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive svellask
present participle svellandisk
past participle sollizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svellumk sullumk svellumk syllumk
2nd person singular svellsk svallzk svellisk syllisk
3rd person singular svellsk svallsk svellisk syllisk
1st person plural svellumsk sullumsk svellimsk syllimsk
2nd person plural svellizk sulluzk svellizk syllizk
3rd person plural svellask sullusk svellisk syllisk
imperative present
2nd person singular svellsk
1st person plural svellumsk
2nd person plural svellizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svella, svelle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svelle
  • Old Swedish: svælla

Further reading

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