vegne
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish weghnæ, from Old Norse vegna, originally a genitive plural of vegr (“way”). The modern construction på vegne af nogen or på nogens vegne "on behalf of somebody" is influenced by Middle Low German van ēnes wegene, cf. German wegen (“because of”), originally a dative plural of way. The Low German expression has also inspired Swedish på ... vägnar, å någons vägnar.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvegne pl (indeclinable)
References
edit- “vegne” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editvegne pl (indeclinable)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- vegner (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “vegne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Venetian
editNoun
editvegne
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