veill

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veill.

Pronunciation

Adjective

veill (comparative veilli, superlative veilastur)

  1. weak, fragile, delicate
  2. unreliable, untrustworthy
    Synonym: ótraustur

Declension

    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veill veil veilt
accusative veilan veila veilt
dative veilum veilli veilu
genitive veils veillar veils
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilir veilar veil
accusative veila veilar veil
dative veilum veilum veilum
genitive veilla veilla veilla
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veili veila veila
accusative veila veilu veila
dative veila veilu veila
genitive veila veilu veila
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilu veilu veilu
accusative veilu veilu veilu
dative veilu veilu veilu
genitive veilu veilu veilu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilli veilli veilla
accusative veilli veilli veilla
dative veilli veilli veilla
genitive veilli veilli veilla
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilli veilli veilli
accusative veilli veilli veilli
dative veilli veilli veilli
genitive veilli veilli veilli
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilastur veilust veilast
accusative veilastan veilasta veilast
dative veilustum veilastri veilustu
genitive veilasts veilastrar veilasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilastir veilastar veilust
accusative veilasta veilastar veilust
dative veilustum veilustum veilustum
genitive veilastra veilastra veilastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilasti veilasta veilasta
accusative veilasta veilustu veilasta
dative veilasta veilustu veilasta
genitive veilasta veilustu veilasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veilustu veilustu veilustu
accusative veilustu veilustu veilustu
dative veilustu veilustu veilustu
genitive veilustu veilustu veilustu
  • veila (“flaw, weakness”)
  • veilindi (“weakness, fragility; ailment, disease”)

Old Norse

Etymology

ve- +‎ heill (“healthy”). Compare vesall, úheill (English unwhole) and Latin vesanus.

Adjective

veill

  1. ailing, diseased
    veill á fótum
  2. wretched

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: veill
  • Faroese: veilur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veil
  • Swedish: velig
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