vefr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaz or *wabją, whence also Old English webb, Old High German weppi.

Noun

vefr m (genitive vefjar, plural vefir)

  1. web

Declension

Descendants

  • Norwegian: vev (Bokmål) m or n, vev (Nynorsk) m or n
  • Swedish: väv c (Old Swedish väver m)

References

  • vefr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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