rjúfa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rjúfa, from Proto-Germanic *reufaną.

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Verb[edit]

rjúfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rauf, third-person plural past indicative rufu, supine rofið)

  1. to break, sever (e.g. a connection, agreement, etc.)

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *reufaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (to break).

Verb[edit]

rjúfa (singular past indicative rauf, plural past indicative rufu, past participle rofinn)

  1. (transitive) to break a hole in, break
    rjúfa undir
    to make wounds
  2. (figuratively) to break, violate (e.g. a law)
  3. (impersonal) to clear away
    Synonym: hrjóða
    rýfr þokuna
    the fog clears away

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: rjúfa
  • Faroese: rjúva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rjuva
  • Old Swedish: rȳva, riuva, riūva

References[edit]

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