sveitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.

Noun

sveitte m (definite singular sveitten, uncountable)

  1. sweat
  2. blood of a butchered animal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sveitast, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).

Alternative forms

Verb

sveitte (present tense sveittar, past tense sveitta, past participle sveitta, passive infinitive sveittast, present participle sveittande, imperative sveitte/sveitt)

  1. to sweat

References

  • “sveitte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “sveite” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Nikolai Kristian Kjenstad (1993), Snåsamålet (in Norwegian), page 136
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