sveiti
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsveiːtɪ/
- Rhymes: -eiːtɪ
Noun
sveiti m (genitive singular sveita, no plural)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sveiti | sveitinn |
| accusative | sveita | sveitann |
| dative | sveita | sveitanum |
| genitive | sveita | sveitans |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-. Compare Old Saxon swēt, Old English swāt, Old High German sweiz.
Noun
sveiti m
- sweat
- (poetic) blood
- 1093–1103, King Magnús barefoot Óláfsson, loose verse 3
- […] már drekkr suðr ór sôrum sveita […]
- In the south drinks the sea-gull of blood [RAVEN/EAGLE] out of wounds
- 1093–1103, King Magnús barefoot Óláfsson, loose verse 3
Declension
| masculine | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sveiti | sveitinn |
| accusative | sveita | sveitann |
| dative | sveita | sveitanum |
| genitive | sveita | sveitans |
Descendants
- Icelandic: sveiti, sviti
- Faroese: sveiti, sveitti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sveitte, sveite
- Norwegian Bokmål: svette
- Old Swedish: svēter, svetter; svēte
- Swedish: svett
- Danish: sved
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sveiti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive