evne

• IPA^(key): /ɛvnə/, [ˈɛwnə]

From Old Norse efni n (“material, ressources, matter”), from Proto-Germanic *abniją, cognate with Swedish ämne (“subject”), doublet of emne (“subject”). Related to the verb.

evne c (singular definite evnen, plural indefinite evner)

1. ability
2. power
3. capacity

From Old Norse efna, from Proto-Germanic *abnijaną (“to perform”), cognate with Swedish ämna.

evne (past tense evnede, past participle evnet)

1. to be able to
2. to be capable of

evne

1. Alternative form of hevene

From Old Norse efni n (“stuff, material, matter”), from Proto-Germanic *abniją (“material, stuff”), from *abnijaną (“to perform, execute”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op-, *h₃ep- (“to work, toil, make; ability, force”).

Cognate with Swedish ämne (“subject”), doublet of emne (“subject”).

evne f or m (definite singular evna or evnen, indefinite plural evner, definite plural evnene)

1. ability, capacity, talent

• “evne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• evna (pre-2012)

From Old Norse efni. Compare Danish evne. Doublet of emne.

• IPA^(key): /²ɛvnə/

evne f (definite singular evna, indefinite plural evner, definite plural evnene)

1. ability, capacity, talent

• evnelaus
• lasteevne
• tilpassingsevne

• evna (“to be able to”)

• “evne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.