Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sveiti m (genitive singular sveita, no plural)

  1. (archaic) sweat
    Synonym: sviti

Declension

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Declension of sveiti (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative sveiti sveitinn
accusative sveita sveitann
dative sveita sveitanum
genitive sveita sveitans

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (to sweat), *sweyd-. Compare Old Saxon swēt, Old English swāt, Old High German sweiz.

Noun

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sveiti m

  1. sweat
  2. (poetic) blood

Declension

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Declension of sveiti (weak an-stem, singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite definite
nominative sveiti sveitinn
accusative sveita sveitann
dative sveita sveitanum
genitive sveita sveitans

Descendants

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Further reading

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