Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse vefja, from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vafði, supine vafið)

  1. (ditransitive, with accusative and/or dative) to wrap

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

Verb edit

vefja (singular past indicative vafði, plural past indicative vǫfðu, past participle vafðr or vafiðr)

  1. to wrap, fold
  2. to entangle, embroil
  3. (mediopassive) to straggle

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: vefja
  • Faroese: vevja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vevja, vevje
  • Elfdalian: veva

References edit

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