veita

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaita/

veita

1. to drain
2. to yield, render, give, allot, allocate, assign
3. to give, grant

• veitarafelag (supply company)
• veitarbakki (edge of a ditch)
• veitarbládepla (brooklime)
• veitarbotnur (bottom of a ditch)
• veitari (supplier)

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈveiːta/

  Rhymes: -eiːta

veita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veitti, supine veitt)

1. (ditransitive, governs the dative and accusative) to give somebody something, to grant, to offer

   Hún veitti mér verðlaun.

   She gave me an award.

2. (transitive, governs the dative) to pipe water
3. (impersonal) used in set phrases

• veita eftirför (to follow somebody)
• veita hjálp (to help somebody)
• veita viðnám (to resist)
• veita ekki af (to have need for)
• munu ekki veita af (to have real use for)
• veitast að (to attack somebody)
• veitast eitthvað auðvelt (to find something easy)