hvíla

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile. === Noun === hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, plural hvílur) (poetic) bed rest ==== Declension ==== === Verb === hvíla (third person singular past indicative hvíldi, third person plural past indicative hvílt, supine hvílt) to rest ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰviːla/ Rhymes: -iːla === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hvíla, akin to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilan, “to pause, cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German hwila (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile. ==== Noun ==== hvíla f (genitive singular hvílu, nominative plural hvílur) (dated) bed ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hvíla to rest, especially resting or sleeping in a bed [with accusative] to lie, to sleep [with accusative] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== Danish her hviler == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of rest”). ==== Noun ==== hvíla f (genitive hvílu) bed ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Form Proto-Germanic *hwīlāną (“to rest”). ==== Verb ==== hvíla to rest [with accusative] (intransitive) to lie, rest, sleep (in a bed) (intransitive) to lie buried ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hvílbeðr m (“bed of rest”) hvíld f (“rest, repose; pause”) ===== Descendants ===== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvíla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 220; also available at the Internet Archive