sveigja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sveigja, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

sveigja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sveigði, supine sveigt)

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Noun

sveigja f (genitive singular sveigju, nominative plural sveigjur)

  1. bend
  2. bendiness, flexibility

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sveigja (present tense sveigjer, past tense sveigde, past participle sveigt, passive infinitive sveigjast, present participle sveigjande, imperative sveig)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of sveia

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Verb

sveigja (past participle sveigðr)

  1. (transitive) to bow, bend
  2. (mediopassive) to be swayed

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sveigja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveia, sveie, sveiga, sveige
  • Middle English: sweyen

References

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