kveite

kveite f or m (definite singular kveita or kveiten, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

1. a halibut (type of fish)

• hellefisk

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvete

• “kveite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hvete, German Weizen, and English wheat.

• kveiti, gveite, veite, vete (dialectal)

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

1. wheat (grain)

Related to kvit (“white”). Attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646.

kveite f (definite singular kveita, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

1. (zoology) a halibut (fish)

   Synonym: hellefisk

• blåkveite
• kveitefangst
• kveitefiske

• “kveite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kveite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016