sveitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.

Noun

sveitte m (definite singular sveitten, uncountable)

1. sweat

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sveitast, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).

Alternative forms

• sveitta

Verb

sveitte (present tense sveittar, past tense sveitta, past participle sveitta, passive infinitive sveittast, present participle sveittande, imperative sveitte/sveitt)

1. to sweat

See also

• svette (Bokmål)

References

• “sveitte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.