vefr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaz or *wabją, whence also Old English webb, Old High German weppi.

Noun

vefr m (genitive vefjar, plural vefir)

1. web

Declension

Declension of vefr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vefr	vefrinn	vefir	vefirnir
accusative	vef	vefinn	vefi	vefina
dative	vef	vefinum	vefjum	vefjunum
genitive	vefjar	vefjarins	vefja	vefjanna

Descendants

• Old Danish: væf
  • Danish: væv c
• Faroese: vevur m
• Icelandic: vefur m
• Norwegian Bokmål: vev m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vev m
• Old Swedish: väver m
  • Swedish: väv c

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vefr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive