vefr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wabjaz or *wabją, whence also Old English webb, Old High German weppi.

Noun[edit]

vefr m (genitive vefjar, plural vefir)

web

Declension[edit]

Declension of vefr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vefr	vefrinn	vefir	vefirnir
accusative	vef	vefinn	vefi	vefina
dative	vef	vefinum	vefjum	vefjunum
genitive	vefjar	vefjarins	vefja	vefjanna

Descendants[edit]

Old Danish: væf
- Danish: væv c
Faroese: vevur m
Icelandic: vefur m
Norwegian Bokmål: vev m
Norwegian Nynorsk: vev m
Old Swedish: väver m
- Swedish: väv c

References[edit]

“vefr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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