vefja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vefja, from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛvja/
    Rhymes: -ɛvja

Verb

vefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vafði, supine vafið)

  1. (ditransitive, with accusative and/or dative) to wrap

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Verb

vefja (singular past indicative vafði, plural past indicative vǫfðu, past participle vafðr or vafiðr)

  1. to wrap, fold
  2. to entangle, embroil
  3. (in the mediopassive) to straggle

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vefja
  • Faroese: vevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vevja, vevje
  • Elfdalian: veva

References

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