hreyfðar

Hreyfðar is the feminine plural past passive participle of the Icelandic verb hreyfa, meaning to move. As an adjective, it describes something that has been moved, is in motion, or is animated. The term can appear in neutral descriptive text as well as in literary or journalistic prose to convey motion or a dynamic quality. In film and art criticism, hreyfðar can describe animated scenes or figures in motion.

In Icelandic grammar, participles agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. Hence hreyfðar occurs with feminine plural nouns in the nominative and accusative cases. The form may also appear in other syntactic roles that employ participles, depending on the surrounding structure and analysis of the sentence.

The root hreyf- is associated with movement and appears in related words such as hreyfing (motion) and hreyfingar (movements), reflecting a broader semantic field around dynamics and change. The term is therefore versatile across domains including everyday description, technical writing about motion, and artistic discussion of animation and dynamic imagery.

Notes: The word functions primarily as an adjective formed from a verb, not as a standalone noun. Its exact sense—literal movement versus figurative vitality—depends on context and on the noun it modifies. Related forms include other participial and nominal derivatives built from hreyfa and its cognates.