- dýfa
- nosedive* * *(-ða, -t), v. to dip (dýfa e-m í vatn).* * *u, f. dipping in.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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dive — [dīv] vi. dived or dove, dived, diving [ME diven < OE dyfan, to immerse, caus. of dufan, to dive, akin to ON dȳfa, to plunge, dūfa, a wave < IE base * dheup , DEEP] 1. to plunge headfirst into water 2. to go underwater; submerge, as a… … English World dictionary
