hverfa

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɛrva/ Rhymes: -ɛrva === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną. ==== Verb ==== hverfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hvarf, third-person plural past indicative hurfu, supine horfið) (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.) to disappear ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hverfa frá (“to stop doing something”) hverfa til (“to embrace something”) === Etymology 2 === Causative of hverfa (1). From Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną. ==== Verb ==== hverfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hverfði, supine hverft) (transitive) to turn ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== hverfa indefinite genitive plural of hverfi == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną. ==== Verb ==== hverfa (singular past indicative hvarf, plural past indicative hurfu, past participle horfinn) (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around (intransitive) to disappear ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną, causative of *hwerbaną. ==== Verb ==== hverfa (singular past indicative hverfði, plural past indicative hverfðu, past participle hverfðr) (transitive) to turn (a thing in a certain direction); to change someone's mind ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== hverfa genitive plural of hverfi ==== Adjective ==== hverfa inflection of hverfr: positive degree strong feminine accusative singular positive degree strong masculine accusative plural positive degree weak masculine oblique singular positive degree weak masculine feminine nominative singular positive degree neuter singular === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hverfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive