ivast
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editProbably derived from Old Norse efa, ifa, whence modern Norwegian eva.
Verb
editivast (present tense ivest, past tense ivdest, supine ivst)
- (archaic) to not want to do something
References
edit- Ivar Aasen (1850) “ivast”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000