driva

• Homophones: drivas, drivât

driva

1. third-person singular past historic of driver

• drive

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

• IPA^(key): /²driːʋɑ/

driva (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, past participle drive, present participle drivande, imperative driv)

1. to drive, move (e.g. a herd of cattle)

   Han driv saueflokken framfor seg.

   He drives the herd of sheep in front of him.

2. to propel

   Ein bensinmotor driv bilen.

   A petrol engine propels the car.

3. to run (e.g. a business)

   Dei dreiv firmaet saman.

   They ran the company together.

4. to wander aimlessly

   Ungdommane driv rundt i byen.

   The young people wander around town.

5. to do, occupy oneself with something.

   Eg driv mykje med strikking.

   I do a lot of knitting.

6. to be adrift, (float at random)

   Etter at motoren svikta, dreiv skipet på havet.

   After the engine failed, the ship was adrift on the ocean.

• drivis

• “driva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).

drīva

1. to drive away

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: driiw

  Mooring: driwe

  Sylt: driiv

  Wiedingharde: driwwe

• Saterland Frisian: [Term?]
• West Frisian: driuwe

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

drīva

1. drive forward; push on
2. force
3. manage; perform
4. inflict
5. drift; wander about

• Swedish: driva

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driva c

1. a drift of snow

• snödriva

From Old Swedish drīva, from Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Danish and Norwegian drive, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

driva

1. to drift; wander about (driva run/driva omkring)
2. to operate, run (a company, campaign etc.)
3. to make fun of, tease; joke with (driva med)