þrífa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þrífa, from Proto-Germanic *þrīfaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθriːva/
    Rhymes: -iːva

Verb

þrífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þreif, third-person plural past indicative þrifu, supine þrifið)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to clean, to cleanse deriv. syn.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to snatch, to seize, to grab deriv. syn.

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