svige
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish swikæ, from Old Norse svíkja, svíkva, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną. Related to svigte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsviːə]
Verb
svige (imperative svig, present sviger, past sveg, past participle sveget, c svegen, definite or plural svegne)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- besvige
- usvigelig
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- svige m
- svigje
Dialectal forms
- svege (Slidremål, Rogaland, Trysil, Sogn, Nordmøre, Beiarn)
- sveje, svegje (Eastern Slidre, Valdres, Hallingdal, Telemark, Setesdal, Elverum, Røldal, Nordnorsk)
- svøge, svyge (Sunnfjord)
- svuge (Sunnmøre)
- svigu, sviggu (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen)
- svegu, sveggu (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, Slidremål, Surnadal)
- svægga (coast of Trøndelag and Nordland)
- svøggu (Rindal and Surnadal)
- svåggå (Verdal, Meråker and Skogn)
- svuggu (Verdal, Surnadal and Orkanger)
- svukku (Meldal and Vormstad)
- svuddu (Stod and Beitstad)
- svoggo (Innherad)
- svagga (Namdalen)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse svigi. First attested in 1698 in Fyresdal dialect by Thomas Bloch.
Noun
svige f (definite singular sviga, indefinite plural sviger, definite plural svigene)