heva

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hevet
• hevde (simple past)
• hevd (past participle)

Verb

heva

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• heve (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

Various influences, including German heben, Danish hæve and Old Norse hefja (cf. Norwegian Nynorsk hevja). All of these derive from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift heave”), whence also English heave, which was borrowed into Norwegian as the doublet hive. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, and the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).

Verb

heva (present tense hevar or hever, past tense heva or hevde, past participle heva or hevd or hevt, present participle hevande, imperative hev)

1. to make or put higher, lift, increase, strengthen
2. to throw, fling
3. to charge, get paid
4. to annul, end, break

Related terms

• hevja

References

• “heva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.