veva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare Icelandic vefa, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

Verb

veva (third person singular past indicative vav, third person plural past indicative vóvu, supine vovið)

1. to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of veva (group v-52)
infinitive	veva
supine	vovið
participle (a26)1	vevandi	vovin
	present	past
first singular	vevi	vav
second singular	vevur	vavst
third singular	vevur	vav
plural	veva	vóvu
	imperative
singular	vev!
plural	vevið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) vevene
• (of verb) vevet
• (of verb) vevde (simple past)
• (of verb) vevd (past participle)

Noun

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

Verb

veva

1. inflection of veve:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (of verb): veve

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa. Akin to English weave.

Pronunciation

• (of verb): IPA^(key): /²ʋeːʋɑ/
• (of noun): IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːʋɑ/

Verb

veva (present tense vev, past tense vov, past participle vove, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

1. to weave (a way of making cloth)

Noun

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

Further reading

• “veva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Verb

veva (present vevar, preterite vevade, supine vevat, imperative veva)

1. to turn a crank