sväva

See also: Svava and Sváva

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish svæva‚ likely borrowed from Middle Low German swēven, from Old Saxon *swivian, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Doublet of sviva.

Alternative forms

  • sväfva (pre-1906 spelling)

Pronunciation

  • dialectal:(file)

Verb

sväva (present svävar, preterite svävade, supine svävat, imperative sväva)

  1. to float (in the air), to hover, to soar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sväva (weak)
active passive
infinitive sväva —
supine svävat —
imperative sväva —
imper. plural1 sväven —
present past present past
indicative svävar svävade — —
ind. plural1 sväva svävade — —
subjunctive2 sväve svävade — —
present participle svävande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish svæfia (“to stop/brake, to hinder/inhibit”)‚ from Old Norse svefia (“to hinder, to still”). Compare Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, to hypnotize”), Old High German int-swebben, Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, to kill”); causative form to Swedish sova (“to sleep”).

Verb

sväva (present svävar, preterite svävade, supine svävat, imperative sväva)

  1. to brake with the oars (during rowing); row backwards (with the face towards the stern)

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