veva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare Icelandic vefa, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

Verb

veva (third person singular past indicative vav, third person plural past indicative vóvu, supine vovið)

  1. to weave

Conjugation
   Conjugation of veva
v-52
infinitive veva
present participle vevandi
past participle a26 vovin
supine vovið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present vevi vevur vevur veva
past vav vavst vav vóvu
imperative – tú – tit
present — vev! — vevið!

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

veva n

  1. definite plural of vev

Verb

veva

  1. simple past of veve
  2. past participle of veve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa. Akin to English weave.

Pronunciation
  • (of verb): IPA(key): /²ʋeːʋɑ/
  • (of noun): IPA(key): /ˈʋeːʋɑ/

Verb

veva (present tense vev, past tense vov, past participle vove, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

  1. to weave (a way of making cloth)

Noun

veva n

  1. definite plural of vev

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

veva (present vevar, preterite vevade, supine vevat, imperative veva)

  1. to turn a crank
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