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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sveif (“seal flipper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sveiv f or m (definite singular sveiva or sveiven, indefinite plural sveiver, definite plural sveivene)
- A crank
References
“sveiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sveif (“seal flipper”).
Noun
sveiv f (definite singular sveiva, indefinite plural sveiver, definite plural sveivene)
- A crank
Etymology 2
Noun
sveiv m (definite singular sveiven, indefinite plural sveivar, definite plural sveivane)
- a turn, swing
- a flipper (on a seal)
Etymology 3
Verb
sveiv
- past of sviva
References
“sveiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.