List of middle voice verbs

This is a list of middle voice🇮🇸 miðmynd verbs in Icelandic. The list is organised by function.

Reciprocal meaning

Icelandic	English
berjast	to fight
eigast við	to fight/brawl
elskast	to love/make love
faðmast	to hug
fljúgast á	to fight
friðmælast	to make up
giftast	to marry
haldast í hendur	to hold hands
heilsast	to greet/say hello
heyrast	to hear from
hittast	to meet
hjálpast að	to help out
hvíslast á	to whisper
kveðjast	to say goodbye
kynnast	to get to know, meet for the first time
kyssast	to kiss
leiðast	to hold hands
metast	to quarrel/argue
munnhöggvast	to feud
mætast	to meet
rekast á	to run into, bump into
rífast	to argue
sameinast	to merge
skarast	to overlap
skiptast á	to exchange/swap
skrifast á	to write to
skylmast	to battle (with swords)
slást	to fight
snertast	to touch
stangast á	to clash
stimpast	to brawl
sættast	to make up
takast á	to compete
takast í hendur	to shake hands
talast við	to talk (be on talking terms)
trúlofast	to get engaged
tuskast	to fight
þekkjast	to know

Active		Middle
Icelandic	English	Icelandic	English
búa við	to live with, have	búast við	to expect
fara	to go	farast	to pass away (die)
finna	to find	finnast	to find (as in mér finnst gaman að…)
flækja	to complicate	flækjast	to get caught in/wander about
gera	to do	gerast	to happen
koma að	to participate in/walk in on	komast að	to find out
láta	to let	látast	to pass away (die)
minna á	to remind of	minnast á	to mention
skjóta	to shoot	skjótast	to pop (somewhere), walk quickly
standa	to stand	standast	to withstand, stand up to
sýna	to show	sýnast	to seem
taka	to take	takast	to succeed
þykja	to seem/think	þykjast	to pretend
þrífa	to clean	þrífast	to thrive
þvæla	to talk nonsense	þvælast	to wander about

This list can never be exhaustive, as it’s possible to form new middle voice-only verbs from nouns or adjectives. These are some of the most common.

Icelandic	English
asnast	to do something stupid
atvikast	to happen (by chance)
ábyrgjast	to take on, become responsible for
eignast	to acquire, have (a child), make (a friend)
ferðast	to travel
grínast	to joke
hagnast	to profit
nálgast	to approach
ofmetnast	to get cocky, become arrogant
óttast	to fear
rembast	to struggle
slysast	to chance, do something by accident
tárast	to tear up, well up
veðrast	to become weathered
þrjóskast	to be stubborn
þyrpast	to crowd, throng, cram
öðlast	to gain, obtain