slefa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

slefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slefaði, supine slefað)

  1. to drool
    Ég slefa ekki.
    I don't drool.

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

slefa f (genitive singular slefu, no plural)

  1. drool

Declension[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

slefa f (genitive slefu)

  1. slaver (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: slefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sleva, sleve

References[edit]

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