horfa

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔrva/ Rhymes: -ɔrva === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse horfa (“to turn toward, face”), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (“to turn, veer”). ==== Noun ==== horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur) look, aspect (in the plural) outlook ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft) to look at, to watch [with á (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] to face Synonym: snúa (impersonal) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (“to turn, veer”). === Verb === horfa (singular past indicative horfði, plural past indicative horfðu, past participle horft) to turn (be turned) in a certain direction to look in a certain way; to have a certain appearance ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: horfa Faroese: horva Norwegian Nynorsk: horva === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “horfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive