svella
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with Swedish svälla, English swell, German schwellen, Dutch zwellen, Luxembourgish schwëllen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsvɛtla/
- Rhymes: -ɛtla
Verb
svella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svall, third-person plural past indicative sullu, supine sollið)
- (intransitive) to swell, to surge
Conjugation
svella — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að svella | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | sollið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | svellandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég svell | við svellum | present (nútíð) | ég svelli | við svellum |
| þú svellur | þið svellið | þú svellir | þið svellið | ||
| hann, hún, það svellur | þeir, þær, þau svella | hann, hún, það svelli | þeir, þær, þau svelli | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég svall | við sullum | past (þátíð) | ég sylli | við syllum |
| þú svallst | þið sulluð | þú syllir | þið sylluð | ||
| hann, hún, það svall | þeir, þær, þau sullu | hann, hún, það sylli | þeir, þær, þau syllu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | svell (þú) | svellið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| svelltu | svelliði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
sollinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | sollinn | sollin | sollið | sollnir | sollnar | sollin | |
| accusative (þolfall) | sollinn | sollna | sollið | sollna | sollnar | sollin | |
| dative (þágufall) | sollnum | sollinni | sollnu | sollnum | sollnum | sollnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | sollins | sollinnar | sollins | sollinna | sollinna | sollinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | sollni | sollna | sollna | sollnu | sollnu | sollnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) | sollna | sollnu | sollna | sollnu | sollnu | sollnu | |
| dative (þágufall) | sollna | sollnu | sollna | sollnu | sollnu | sollnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | sollna | sollnu | sollna | sollnu | sollnu | sollnu | |
Synonyms
- (to swell): bylgjast, ólga
Italian
Verb
svella
- inflection of svellere:
- first-, second-, and third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).
Verb
svella (singular past indicative svall, plural past indicative sullu, past participle sollinn)
- to swell
Conjugation
Conjugation of svella — active (strong class 3)
| infinitive | svella | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | svellandi | |
| past participle | sollinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | svell | svall |
| 2nd-person singular | svellr | svallt |
| 3rd-person singular | svellr | svall |
| 1st-person plural | svellum | sullum |
| 2nd-person plural | svellið | sulluð |
| 3rd-person plural | svella | sullu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | svella | sylla |
| 2nd-person singular | svellir | syllir |
| 3rd-person singular | svelli | sylli |
| 1st-person plural | svellim | syllim |
| 2nd-person plural | svellið | syllið |
| 3rd-person plural | svelli | sylli |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | svell | |
| 1st-person plural | svellum | |
| 2nd-person plural | svellið | |
Conjugation of svella — mediopassive (strong class 3)
| infinitive | svellask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | svellandisk | |
| past participle | sollizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | svellumk | sullumk |
| 2nd-person singular | svellsk | svallzk |
| 3rd-person singular | svellsk | svallsk |
| 1st-person plural | svellumsk | sullumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | svellizk | sulluzk |
| 3rd-person plural | svellask | sullusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | svellumk | syllumk |
| 2nd-person singular | svellisk | syllisk |
| 3rd-person singular | svellisk | syllisk |
| 1st-person plural | svellimsk | syllimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | svellizk | syllizk |
| 3rd-person plural | svellisk | syllisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | svellsk | |
| 1st-person plural | svellumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | svellizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: svella
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svella, svelle
- Norwegian Bokmål: svelle
- Old Swedish: svælla
- Swedish: svälla
References
- svella in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press