sveiv

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sveif (seal flipper).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sveiv f or m (definite singular sveiva or sveiven, indefinite plural sveiver, definite plural sveivene)

  1. A crank

References[edit]

“sveiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse sveif (seal flipper).

Noun[edit]

sveiv f (definite singular sveiva, indefinite plural sveiver, definite plural sveivene)

  1. A crank

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sveiv m (definite singular sveiven, indefinite plural sveivar, definite plural sveivane)

  1. a turn, swing
  2. a flipper (on a seal)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

sveiv

  1. past of sviva

References[edit]

“sveiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.