vefr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaz or *wabją, whence also Old English webb, Old High German weppi.

Noun

vefr m (genitive vefjar, plural vefir)

1. web

Declension

  Declension of vefr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vefr	vefrinn	vefir	vefirnir
accusative	vef	vefinn	vefi	vefina
dative	vef	vefinum	vefjum	vefjunum
genitive	vefjar	vefjarins	vefja	vefjanna

Descendants

• Danish: væv c (Old Danish væf)
• Faroese: vevur m
• Icelandic: vefur m

• Norwegian: vev (Bokmål) m or n, vev (Nynorsk) m or n
• Swedish: väv c (Old Swedish väver m)

References

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