veina

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See also: veïna

French

Verb

veina

  1. third-person singular past historic of veiner

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

veina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veinaði, supine veinað)

  1. (intransitive) to wail, to cry out (in pain, desperation, etc.)
    Synonyms: kveina, væla

Conjugation

veina — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að veina
supine
(sagnbót) 		veinað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		veinandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég veina við veinum present
(nútíð) 		ég veini við veinum
þú veinar þið veinið þú veinir þið veinið
hann, hún, það veinar þeir, þær, þau veina hann, hún, það veini þeir, þær, þau veini
past
(þátíð) 		ég veinaði við veinuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég veinaði við veinuðum
þú veinaðir þið veinuðuð þú veinaðir þið veinuðuð
hann, hún, það veinaði þeir, þær, þau veinuðu hann, hún, það veinaði þeir, þær, þau veinuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		veina (þú) veinið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
veinaðu veiniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

  • vein (“wail, cry”)
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