dryfta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

dryfta (present tense dryfter, past tense dryfte, past participle dryft, present participle dryftande, imperative dryft)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of drøfte

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drupatjaną. Doublet of drypa. Modern sense of "debate" coined by Viktor Rydberg and Sven Adolf Hedlund during the latter half of the 19th century.

Verb

dryfta (present dryftar, preterite dryftade, supine dryftat, imperative dryfta)

  1. (dated, dialectal) clean (seeds and grains) from chaff and husks by shaking
  2. (formal) debate

Conjugation

Conjugation of dryfta (weak)
active passive
infinitive dryfta dryftas
supine dryftat dryftats
imperative dryfta —
imper. plural1 dryften —
present past present past
indicative dryftar dryftade dryftas dryftades
ind. plural1 dryfta dryftade dryftas dryftades
subjunctive2 dryfte dryftade dryftes dryftades
present participle dryftande
past participle dryftad

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

References

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