horfa

See also: hörfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse horfa (to turn toward, face), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔrva/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrva

Noun

horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur)

  1. look, aspect
  2. (in the plural) outlook
    Horfurnar eru góðar.
    The outlook is good.
    Horfurnar eru slæmar.
    The outlook is bad.

Declension

Verb

horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft)

  1. (personal) to look, to watch
    Á hvað ertu að horfa?
    What are you watching?
  2. (personal) to face
    Veggurinn horfir í austur.
    The wall faces east.
  3. (impersonal)
    Það horfir til vandræða.
    It looks serious.

Usage notes

  • In the sense of looking the preposition á ("on") is used.
    Ég horfði á sjónvarpið.
    I watched the television.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Verb

horfa (singular past indicative horfði, plural past indicative horfðu, past participle horft)

  1. to turn (be turned) in a certain direction
    horfði upp eggin
    the edge turned upwards
    suðr horfðu dyrr
    the door looked south
  2. to look in a certain way; to have a certain appearance

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: horfa
  • Faroese: horva

References

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