deyfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deyfa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteiːva/
    Rhymes: -eiːva

Verb

deyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative deyfði, supine deyft)

  1. to numb
  2. (medicine) to anesthetize

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From daufr (deaf).

Verb

deyfa

  1. to make deaf, deafen

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: deyfa
  • Faroese: doyva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døyva

References

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