feykja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feykja; causative of fjúka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeiːca/
    Rhymes: -eiːca

Verb

feykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative feykti, supine feykt)

  1. (transitive) to blow, drive (away)

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

Causative of fjúka (be blown about by the wind).

Verb

feykja

  1. to blow, drive (away)

Descendants

  • Faroese: foykja
  • Icelandic: feykja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føykja
  • Swedish: föka

References

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