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hefja

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to lift, to raise
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to elevate, to exalt, to promote
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to begin, to start

Conjugation

Synonyms


Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hefja
  • Faroese: hevja
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: heve
    Nynorsk: hevja
  • Old Swedish: hæfia
  • Danish: hæve

References

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