Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Verb

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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veikja f

  1. definite singular of veikje

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Verb

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veikja

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

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Descendants

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

References

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