Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sveigja, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sveigja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sveigði, supine sveigt)

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

sveigja f (genitive singular sveigju, nominative plural sveigjur)

  1. bend
  2. bendiness, flexibility

Declension edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

sveigja (present tense sveigjer, past tense sveigde, past participle sveigt, passive infinitive sveigjast, present participle sveigjande, imperative sveig)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of sveia

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Verb edit

sveigja (past participle sveigðr)

  1. (transitive) to bow, bend
  2. (mediopassive) to be swayed

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: sveigja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveia, sveie, sveiga, sveige
  • Middle English: sweyen

References edit

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