kvefja

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to suffocate”). === Verb === kvefja (singular past indicative kvafði, plural past indicative kvǫfðu, past participle kvafðr or kvafiðr) (transitive) to smother, suffocate; to choke (transitive) to submerge in water; to dip (impersonal, transitive) to sink (mediopassive voice) to dive, duck ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== kœfa ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: kvefja, kefja Faroese: kevja Norwegian: kveve Old Swedish: kvävja Swedish: kväva Old Danish: kvævje === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kvefja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive