Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

veikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veikti, supine veikt)

  1. to debilitate, to make feeble; to weaken
  2. to impair, to undermine
    Kosningabaráttan veikti stöðu hennar frekar en að styrkja hana.
    The campaign for the election undermined her place rather than reinforcing it.
  3. to dilute
    veikja sýru.
    To dilute acid.

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

veikja (present tense veikjer, past tense veikte, past participle veikt, passive infinitive veikjast, present participle veikjande, imperative veik)

  1. (transitive) to make weak or weaker

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

veikja f

  1. definite singular of veikje

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną. Related to víkva and veikr.

Verb edit

veikja

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: veikja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veika, veike, veikja, veikje

References edit

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