hveiti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Noun

hveiti f (genitive singular hveiti, uncountable)

hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, uncountable)

1. wheat (Triticum)

Declension

f33s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hveiti	hveitin
accusative	hveiti	hveitina
dative	hveiti	hveitini
genitive	hveiti	hveitinnar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰveiːtɪ/, /ˈxʷeiːtɪ/
• Rhymes: -eiːtɪ

Noun

hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, no plural)

1. wheat (Triticum)
2. wheat flour

Declension

Declension of hveiti (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hveiti	hveitið
accusative	hveiti	hveitið
dative	hveiti	hveitinu
genitive	hveitis	hveitisins

Derived terms

• hveitikím
• hveitiklíð
• hveitikorn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Compare Old English hwǣte (English wheat), Old Saxon hwēti (German Low German Weite, Weit), Dutch weit, Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis).

Noun

hveiti n

1. wheat (Triticum)

Declension

Declension of hveiti (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hveiti	hveitit	hveiti	hveitin
accusative	hveiti	hveitit	hveiti	hveitin
dative	hveiti	hveitinu	hveitum	hveitunum
genitive	hveitis	hveitisins	hveita	hveitanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hveiti
• Faroese: hveiti
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kveite; (dialectal) kveiti, gveite, veite
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kveite (obsolete)
• Old Swedish: hvēte
  • Swedish: vete, vät
• Old Danish: hwetæ
  • Danish: hvede
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hvete

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hveiti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive