veita

See also: veîta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (grant, give), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti, causative derivation of the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (know). Cognate with Old Frisian wēta (claim, testify) and Old High German weizen (show, prove).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveiːta/
    Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

veita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veitti, supine veitt)

  1. (ditransitive, governs the dative and accusaive) to give somebody something, to grant, to offer
    Hún veitti mér verðlaun.
    She gave me an award.
  2. (transitive, governs the dative) to pipe water
  3. (impersonal) used in set phrases

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • veita eftirför (to follow somebody)
  • veita hjálp (to help somebody)
  • veita viðnám (to resist)
  • veita ekki af (to have need for)
  • munu ekki veita af (to have real use for)
  • veitast að (to attack somebody)
  • veitast eitthvað auðvelt (to find something easy)
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