tefja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse tefja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛvja/ Rhymes: -ɛvja === Verb === tefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tafði, supine tafið) to delay to hinder, to obstruct to tarry, to stay ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== tafi tafsa töf == Old Norse == === Etymology === According to Kroonen from Proto-Germanic *tabjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰéyeti, from the root *debʰ-, which is traditionally reconstructed as *dʰebʰ- (“to harm”). Compare Sanskrit द॒भ्नोति॑ (dabhnóti, “to deceive”). Within Germanic further related to Icelandic töf (“delay”), Middle Low German tōven (“to wait, hesitate, halt”), Dutch toeven. === Verb === tefja (singular past indicative tafði, plural past indicative tǫfðu, past participle tafðr or tafiðr) to delay, hinder ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: tefja === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tefja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive