dvelja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dvelja (to remain, stay, to delay), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (to be stunned, confused).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dvelja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dvaldi, supine dvalið)

  1. (intransitive) to stay, to remain, to dwell
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to delay

Conjugation[edit]

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dvelja, from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dvelja (present tense dvel, past tense dvalde, supine dvalt, past participle dvald, present participle dveljande, imperative dvel)

  1. to dwell, linger

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Verb[edit]

dvelja (singular past indicative dvaldi, plural past indicative dvǫldu, past participle dvaldr or dvaliðr)

  1. to delay
  2. (transitive, of time) to wait, stay

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: dvelja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dvelja, dvelje; dvele
  • Swedish: dvala
  • Danish: dvæle

References[edit]

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