See also: hörfa

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse horfa (to turn toward, face), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur)

  1. look, aspect
  2. (in the plural) outlook
    Horfurnar eru góðar.
    The outlook is good.
    Horfurnar eru slæmar.
    The outlook is bad.

Declension

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Verb

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horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft)

  1. (personal) to look, to watch
    Á hvað ertu að horfa?
    What are you watching?
  2. (personal) to face
    Veggurinn horfir í austur.
    The wall faces east.
  3. (impersonal)
    Það horfir til vandræða.
    It looks serious.

Usage notes

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  • In the sense of looking the preposition á ("on") is used.
    Ég horfði á sjónvarpið.
    I watched the television.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (to turn, veer).

Verb

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horfa (singular past indicative horfði, plural past indicative horfðu, past participle horft)

  1. to turn (be turned) in a certain direction
    horfði upp eggin
    the edge turned upwards
    suðr horfðu dyrr
    the door looked south
  2. to look in a certain way; to have a certain appearance

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: horfa
  • Faroese: horva

References

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  • horfa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press