hrøkkva III “curl”

“recoil; give way, retreat”

common

intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek hrøkk 1pl vér hrøkkum 1sg ek hrøkkva 1pl vér hrøkkvim
2sg þú hrøkkr 2pl þér hrøkkvið 2sg þú hrøkkvir 2pl þér hrøkkvið
3sg hon hrøkkr 3pl þau hrøkkva 3sg hon hrøkkvi 3pl þau hrøkkvi
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek hrǫkk 1pl vér hrukkum 1sg ek hrykka 1pl vér hrykkim
2sg þú hrǫkkt 2pl þér hrukkuð 2sg þú hrykkir 2pl þér hrykkið
3sg hon hrǫkk 3pl þau hrukku 3sg hon hrykki 3pl þau hrykki
preterite infinitive hrukku
past participle f. hrokkin m. hrokkinn n. hrokkit
imperative 2sg hrøkk 1pl hrøkkum 2pl hrøkkvið

PG *hrenkwaną. Cf. class 1 weak hrøkkva “whip” (PG *hrankwjaną), which does occur in reflexive form with senses “curl; recoil; give way, retreat.” Variants røkkva, hreykva, preterite hraukk.

assimilation  ·  semivowel loss

Corpus search: present active / preterite active

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