svette
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
svette
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.
Noun edit
svette m (definite singular svetten)
- sweat, perspiration
- Med blod, svette og tårer.
- With blood, sweat and tears.
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse sveitast ?, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).
Verb edit
svette (imperative svett, present tense svetter, passive svettes, simple past and past participle svetta or svettet, present participle svettende)
Derived terms edit
- kaldsvette (both noun and verb)
See also edit
- sveitte (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “svette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
svette