vefja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vefja, from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vafði, supine vafið)

  1. (ditransitive, with accusative and/or dative) to wrap

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Verb

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vefja (singular past indicative vafði, plural past indicative vǫfðu, past participle vafðr or vafiðr)

  1. to wrap, fold
  2. to entangle, embroil
  3. (mediopassive) to straggle

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vefja
  • Faroese: vevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vevja, vevje
  • Elfdalian: veva

References

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