vefr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaz or *wabją, whence also Old English webb, Old High German weppi.

Noun

vefr m (genitive vefjar, plural vefir)

  1. web

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Danish: væf
  • Faroese: vevur m
  • Icelandic: vefur m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vev m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vev m
  • Old Swedish: väver m

References

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