driva

• Homophones: drivas, drivât

driva

1. third-person singular past historic of driver

• drive (e and split infinitives)

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

• IPA^(key): /²driːʋɑ/

driva (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv)

1. to drive, move (e.g. a herd of cattle)

   Han driv saueflokken framfor seg.

   He drives the herd of sheep in front of him.

2. to propel

   Ein bensinmotor driv bilen.

   A petrol engine propels the car.

3. to run (e.g. a business)

   Dei dreiv firmaet saman.

   They ran the company together.

4. to wander aimlessly

   Ungdommane driv rundt i byen.

   The young people wander around town.

5. to do, occupy oneself with something.

   Eg driv mykje med strikking.

   I do a lot of knitting.

6. to be adrift, (float at random)

   Etter at motoren svikta, dreiv skipet på havet.

   After the engine failed, the ship was adrift on the ocean.

• drivis

• “driva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).

drīva

1. to drive away

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: driiw

  Mooring: driwe

  Sylt: driiv

  Wiedingharde: driwwe

• Saterland Frisian: drieuwe
• West Frisian: driuwe

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

drīva

1. drive forward; push on
2. force
3. manage; perform
4. inflict
5. drift; wander about

• Swedish: driva

driva

1. first-person dual imperative of dreti

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriːˌva/

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From Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb.

driva c

1. a drift (usually of snow)

   Synonym: (snowdrift) snödriva

From Old Swedish drīva, from Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Danish and Norwegian drive, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Frisian driuwe, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

driva (present driver, preterite drev, supine drivit, imperative driv)

1. to drive; compel

   De drevs ut ur staden

   They were driven out of the city

   Hon drivs av hat mot samhället

   She is driven by hatred of society

2. to drift; wander about (driva runt/driva omkring)
3. to operate, run (a company, campaign etc.)
4. (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to make fun of, to mess with, to take the piss, to tease (have fun at the expense of someone, make fun of something)

   Driver du med mig?

   Are you making fun of me / taking the piss / (when expressing disbelief) kidding me?

   Han bara driver

   He's just taking the piss

   driva med något

   make fun of / take the piss out of something

• Köra (“drive”) or åka (“go”) is used for driving a vehicle.
• "Take the piss" is often a good match for meaning in (sense 4), though driva is not vulgar.

• driftkucku
• göra sig lustig över
• åtlöje

• driva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• driva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• driva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Arvid, Vidar, virad, vrida