- BLÍFA
- [Germ. bleiben; akin to leifa, q. v.], to remain; this word was taken from Luther’s Bible into Icel., and is used by theol. writers; pret. sing. is never used, but pret. pl. blifu. Pass. 50. 4.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.