svefja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swabjaną. Akin to dialectal English sweb.

Verb

svefja (singular past indicative svafði, plural past indicative svǫfðu, past participle svafðr)

  1. to lull to sleep
  2. to assuage, to soothe

Conjugation
Conjugation of svefja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive svefja
present participle svefjandi
past participle svafðr, svafiðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular svef svafða
2nd-person singular svefr svafðir
3rd-person singular svefr svafði
1st-person plural svefjum svǫfðum
2nd-person plural svefið svǫfðuð
3rd-person plural svefja svǫfðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svefja svefða
2nd-person singular svefir svefðir
3rd-person singular svefi svefði
1st-person plural svefim svefðim
2nd-person plural svefið svefðið
3rd-person plural svefi svefði
imperative present
2nd-person singular svef
1st-person plural svefjum
2nd-person plural svefið
Conjugation of svefja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive svefjask
present participle svefjandisk
past participle svafzk, svafizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular svefjumk svǫfðumk
2nd-person singular svefsk svafðisk
3rd-person singular svefsk svafðisk
1st-person plural svefjumsk svǫfðumsk
2nd-person plural svefizk svǫfðuzk
3rd-person plural svefjask svǫfðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svefjumk svefðumk
2nd-person singular svefisk svefðisk
3rd-person singular svefisk svefðisk
1st-person plural svefimsk svefðimsk
2nd-person plural svefizk svefðizk
3rd-person plural svefisk svefðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular svefsk
1st-person plural svefjumsk
2nd-person plural svefizk
  • sofa (“to sleep”)
  • svefn (“sleep”)
  • svæfa
  • sœfa, sǿfa (“to put to sleep; to kill”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: svefja

References
  • “svefja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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