vante

From Old Danish wantæ, from Old Norse vǫttr.

vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)

1. a mitten (type of glove)

• handske

• Norwegian Bokmål: vante
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

From Old Danish wantæ, vantæ, from Old Norse vanta. Cognate with English want.

vante (imperative vant, infinitive at vante, present tense vanter, past tense vantede, perfect tense vantet)

1. (impersonal, archaic) to lack

   Synonym: mangle

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

• “vante” in Den Danske Ordbog

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vante

1. inflection of vanter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Avent, navet, venta

From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)

1. a glove (item of clothing)

• hanske
• vott

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

• “vante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)

1. a glove

   Synonym: hanske

vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)

1. alternative form of vanta

• “vante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

See also Dutch want (mitten)

• IPA^(key): /²van.tɛ/

vante c

1. a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
   1. a mitten (tumvante)
   2. a glove (fingervante)
   3. an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))

A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.

• handske

• vante in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vante in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vante in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• navet