fyrirgefa
Icelandic
verb
Definitions
- to forgive
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fyrirgefa inherited from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (forgive, give, give up, release, grant, give away).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fragebaną
Gloss
forgive, give, give up, release, grant, give away
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forgivability English
- forgivable English
- forgive English
- forgiver English
- forgivest English
- give English
- misforgive English
- unforgive English
- unforgiver English
- per- Latin
- Vergebung German
- geben German
- vergeben German
- vergeblich German
- vergeeflijk Dutch, Flemish
- vergeefs Dutch, Flemish
- vergeven Dutch, Flemish
- vergeving Dutch, Flemish
- vergiffenis Dutch, Flemish
- *fragebaną Proto-Germanic
- forgiefan Old English
- forġiefan Old English
- ġiefan Old English
- foryiven Middle English
- fyrirgefa Old Norse
- vergēven Middle Dutch
- fargeban Old High German
- firgeban Old High German
- vergewe Afrikaans
- vergeben Middle High German
- ginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- verginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fargevan Old Dutch
- fargevan Old Saxon
- urieva Old Frisian
- pogiv Tok Pisin