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 (group v-52)
infinitive veva
supine vovið
participle (a26)1 vevandi vovin
present past
first singular vevi vav
second singular vevur vavst
third singular vevur vav
plural veva vóvu
imperative
singular vev!
plural vevið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

veva n

  1. definite plural of vev

Verb

veva

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • (of verb): veve (e infinitive)
  • (of verb): våvå (dialectal)

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, supine vove, past participle voven, 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
  2. to wave one's arms or the like around
    Stå inte där och veva
    Don't stand there gesticulating

Conjugation
Conjugation of veva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive veva vevas
Supine vevat vevats
Imperative veva —
Imper. plural1 veven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative vevar vevade vevas vevades
Ind. plural1 veva vevade vevas vevades
Subjunctive2 veve vevade veves vevades
Participles
Present participle vevande
Past participle vevad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading
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