vittra

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Vittra (creature)

Borrowed from German wittern (“to scent”), verwittern (“to erode”), both from Middle High German weter (“weather”). Compare Danish forvitre.

vittra (present vittrar, preterite vittrade, supine vittrat, imperative vittra)

(sometimes with bort (“away”) or other particles) to break down into small particles (often of mountains and the like, through natural processes), to weather
Synonym: (completely) förvittra
to pick up a scent; to smell (also figuratively)
Han såg att hunden vittrade något
He could tell the dog was picking up some scent

Laget vittrade blod när motståndarlagets bästa spelare utvisades
The team smelt blood when the best player in the opposing team was sent off

Sometimes used figuratively similar to how wither would be used in English in (sense 1), though vissna is closer to the literal meaning.
See vittring to get a sense of how (sense 2) might be used.

Conjugation of vittra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vittra		vittras
Supine	vittrat		vittrats
Imperative	vittra		—
Imper. plural¹	vittren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vittrar	vittrade	vittras	vittrades
Ind. plural¹	vittra	vittrade	vittras	vittrades
Subjunctive²	vittre	vittrade	vittres	vittrades
	Participles
Present participle	vittrande
Past participle	vittrad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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