active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek kef | 1pl | vér kefjum | 1sg | ek kefja | 1pl | vér kefim |
2sg | þú kefr | 2pl | þér kefið | 2sg | þú kefir | 2pl | þér kefið |
3sg | hon kefr | 3pl | þau kefja | 3sg | hon kefi | 3pl | þau kefi |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek kóf | 1pl | vér kófum | 1sg | ek kœfa | 1pl | vér kœfim |
2sg | þú kóft | 2pl | þér kófuð | 2sg | þú kœfir | 2pl | þér kœfið |
3sg | hon kóf | 3pl | þau kófu | 3sg | hon kœfi | 3pl | þau kœfi |
preterite infinitive | kófu | ||||||
past participle | f. | kafin | m. | kafinn | n. | kafit | |
imperative | 2sg | kef | 1pl | kefjum | 2pl | kefið |
middle voice: kefjask “duck, dive; be extinguished” | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek kefjumk | 1pl | vér kefjumk | 1sg | ek kefjumk | 1pl | vér kefimk |
2sg | þú kefsk | 2pl | þér kefizk | 2sg | þú kefisk | 2pl | þér kefizk |
3sg | hon kefsk | 3pl | þau kefjask | 3sg | hon kefisk | 3pl | þau kefisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek kófumk | 1pl | vér kófumk | 1sg | ek kœfumk | 1pl | vér kœfimk |
2sg | þú kófzk | 2pl | þér kófuzk | 2sg | þú kœfisk | 2pl | þér kœfizk |
3sg | hon kófsk | 3pl | þau kófusk | 3sg | hon kœfisk | 3pl | þau kœfisk |
past participle | n. | kafizk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | kefsk | 1pl | kefjumk | 2pl | kefizk |
PG *kwabjaną. Earlier form kvefja. Only the past participle is attested strong; more commonly found as class 1 weak in both lexical forms (kafði, kafðr; kvafði, kvafðr). Source of ME kēven. Present-tense forms coincide with those of class 1 weak kefja.
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