hvelfa III “arch, vault”

fragmentarily attested

? intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek hvelf 1pl vér hvelfum 1sg ek hvelfa 1pl vér hvelfim
2sg þú hvelfr 2pl þér hvelfið 2sg þú hvelfir 2pl þér hvelfið
3sg hon hvelfr 3pl þau hvelfa 3sg hon hvelfi 3pl þau hvelfi
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek hvalf 1pl vér hulfum 1sg ek hylfa 1pl vér hylfim
2sg þú hvalft 2pl þér hulfuð 2sg þú hylfir 2pl þér hylfið
3sg hon hvalf 3pl þau hulfu 3sg hon hylfi 3pl þau hylfi
preterite infinitive hulfu
past participle f. hólfin m. hólfinn n. hólfit
imperative 2sg hvelf 1pl hvelfum 2pl hvelfið

PG *hwelbaną, weak OE hwylfan 1, Dutch welven, German wölben. Only the past participle is attested; more commonly found as class 3 weak hvalfa (hvalfði, hvalfaðr), holfa (holfði, holfaðr) with sense “capsize.” The causative is hvelfa 1 “arch.” The present subjunctive, plural indicative, and imperative systems of hvelfa III and hvelfa 1 coincide.

vowel lengthening

Corpus search: present active / preterite active

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