veita

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See also: veîta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (grant, give), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti, causative derivation of the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (know). Cognate with Old Frisian wēta (claim, testify) and Old High German weizen (show, prove).

Pronunciation

Verb

veita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veitti, supine veitt)

  1. (ditransitive, governs the dative and accusaive) to give somebody something, to grant, to offer
    Hún veitti mér verðlaun.
    She gave me an award.
  2. (transitive, governs the dative) to pipe water
  3. (impersonal) used in set phrases

Conjugation

Derived terms