sveigja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sveigja, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sveigja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sveigði, supine sveigt)

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sveigja f (genitive singular sveigju, nominative plural sveigjur)

  1. bend
  2. bendiness, flexibility

Declension[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

sveigja (present tense sveigjer, past tense sveigde, past participle sveigt, passive infinitive sveigjast, present participle sveigjande, imperative sveig)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of sveia

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Verb[edit]

sveigja (past participle sveigðr)

  1. (transitive) to bow, bend
  2. (mediopassive) to be swayed

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: sveigja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveia, sveie, sveiga, sveige
  • Middle English: sweyen

References[edit]

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