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yfirgefa

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪːvɪrˌcɛːva/

Verb

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yfirgefa

  1. to abandon, to leave, to forsake [with accusative]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From yfir- +‎ gefa.

Verb

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yfirgefa (singular past indicative yfirgaf, plural past indicative yfirgáfu, past participle yfirgefinn)

  1. (transitive) to forsake, abandon

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: yfirgefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overgi, overgje, overgjeva, overgjeve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overgi

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “yfirgefa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive