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Where does “bifa” come from?

bifa (Icelandic) comes from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

bifa (Icelandic): to budge

Definitions

  1. to budge

Ancestry of “bifa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “bifa”

  • sjúkrabifreið
  • bifreið
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