This is the 536th most frequent Icelandic word.
horfa
"Horfa" means "to look" or "to watch" in English.
In this sentence, 'horfa' means 'to watch' and is used to describe the action of watching television.
Ég horfi á sjónvarpið á kvöldin.
I watch TV in the evenings.
Here, 'horfa' is figuratively used to mean 'to look ahead' in terms of planning or focusing on the future.
Við skulum horfa fram á veginn og hugsa um framtíðina.
Let us look ahead and think about the future.
In this context, 'horfa' conveys the act of attentively observing something in motion.