þefa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þefa, from Proto-Germanic *þefōną, *þebōną (“to be hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“warm; hot”). Cognate with Old English þefian (“to pant; be agitated”), Old English ofþefian (“to be exceedingly heated; be very hot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛːva/
    Rhymes: -ɛːva

Verb

þefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þefaði, supine þefað)

  1. to sniff, smell

Conjugation

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