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# {{lb|is|transitive|with accusative}} to [[lift]], to [[raise]]
# to [[lift]], to [[raise]] {{+obj|is|acc}}
#: {{syn|is|lyfta}}
# {{lb|is|transitive|with accusative}} to [[elevate]], to [[exalt]], to [[promote]]
# {{lb|is|transitive|with accusative}} to [[begin]], to [[start]]
# to [[elevate]], to [[exalt]], to [[promote]] {{+obj|is|acc}}
# to [[begin]], to [[start]] {{+obj|is|acc}}
#: {{syn|is|byrja}}


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
{{is-conj-s6|h|e|f|j=j}}
{{is-conj-s6|h|e|f|j=j}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|to lift, to raise}} {{l|is|lyfta}}
* {{sense|to begin}} {{l|is|byrja}}


[[Category:Most used Icelandic verbs]]
[[Category:Most used Icelandic verbs]]

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==Old Norse==
==Old Norse==
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* {{desc|is|hefja}}
* {{desc|is|hefja}}
* {{desc|fo|hevja}}
* {{desc|fo|hevja}}
* {{desc|nn|hevja|alts=1}}
* {{desc|nn|hevja|;|høvja<q:dialectal>}}
* {{desctree|gmq-osw|hæfia}}
* {{desctree|gmq-osw|hæfia}}
* {{desc|da|hæve}}
* {{desc|da|hæve}}
** {{desc|nb|heve}}
** {{desc|nb|heve}}
*** {{desc|nn|heva|bor=1}}


===References===
===References===

Latest revision as of 11:18, 5 December 2024

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hefja, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyé-, from the root *keh₂p- (to seize). Cognate with Faroese hevja, Swedish häva, Danish hæve, English heave, Dutch heffen, German heben.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hefja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hóf, third-person plural past indicative hófu, supine hafið)

  1. to lift, to raise [with accusative]
    Synonym: lyfta
  2. to elevate, to exalt, to promote [with accusative]
  3. to begin, to start [with accusative]
    Synonym: byrja

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (to seize).

Verb

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hefja (singular past indicative hóf, plural past indicative hófu, past participle hafiðr or hafinn)

  1. (transitive) to heave, lift, raise
  2. (transitive) to exalt, raise in rank
  3. (transitive) to begin

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hefja
  • Faroese: hevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hevja; (dialectal) høvja
  • Old Swedish: hæfia
  • Danish: hæve
    • Norwegian Bokmål: heve
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: heva

References

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  • hefja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press