veill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veitl/
• Rhymes: -eitl

Adjective

veill (comparative veilli, superlative veilastur)

1. weak, fragile, delicate
2. unreliable, untrustworthy

   Synonym: ótraustur

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veill	veil	veilt
accusative	veilan	veila	veilt
dative	veilum	veilli	veilu
genitive	veils	veillar	veils
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilir	veilar	veil
accusative	veila	veilar	veil
dative	veilum	veilum	veilum
genitive	veilla	veilla	veilla

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veili	veila	veila
accusative	veila	veilu	veila
dative	veila	veilu	veila
genitive	veila	veilu	veila
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilu	veilu	veilu
accusative	veilu	veilu	veilu
dative	veilu	veilu	veilu
genitive	veilu	veilu	veilu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilli	veilli	veilla
accusative	veilli	veilli	veilla
dative	veilli	veilli	veilla
genitive	veilli	veilli	veilla
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilli	veilli	veilli
accusative	veilli	veilli	veilli
dative	veilli	veilli	veilli
genitive	veilli	veilli	veilli

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilastur	veilust	veilast
accusative	veilastan	veilasta	veilast
dative	veilustum	veilastri	veilustu
genitive	veilasts	veilastrar	veilasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilastir	veilastar	veilust
accusative	veilasta	veilastar	veilust
dative	veilustum	veilustum	veilustum
genitive	veilastra	veilastra	veilastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilasti	veilasta	veilasta
accusative	veilasta	veilustu	veilasta
dative	veilasta	veilustu	veilasta
genitive	veilasta	veilustu	veilasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veilustu	veilustu	veilustu
accusative	veilustu	veilustu	veilustu
dative	veilustu	veilustu	veilustu
genitive	veilustu	veilustu	veilustu

Related terms

• veila (“flaw, weakness”)
• veilindi (“weakness, fragility; ailment, disease”)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From a negating particle or noun ve + heill. Compare vesall, úheill (English unwhole) and Latin vesanus.

Adjective

veill

1. ailing, diseased

   veill á fótum

2. wretched

Derived terms

• veilindi

Descendants

• Icelandic: veill
• Faroese: veilur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veil
• Swedish: velig