kryfja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kryfja, from Proto-Germanic *krufjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰrɪvja/
    Rhymes: -ɪvja

Verb

kryfja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative krufði, supine krufið)

  1. to dissect, to disembowel
  2. to examine thoroughly

Conjugation

Old Norse

Verb

kryfja (singular past indicative krufði, plural past indicative krufðu, past participle krufðr or krufiðr)

  1. to open up; to disembowel

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kryfja

References

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