kvetje

From the Old Norse verb hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną. Akin to English whet. The noun is derived from the verb.

kvetje (present tense kvet, past tense kvatte, past participle kvatt, present participle kvetjande, imperative kvet)

1. (transitive) to whet (e.g. a scythe)

   Synonym: kvesse

• kvetja (a- and split infinitives)

• kvetjar m

kvetje f (definite singular kvetja, indefinite plural kvetjer, definite plural kvetjene)

1. time passed between each whet
2. work done between two whets

• kvetja (non-standard since 2012)
• kvetju (Midlandsnormalen)

• “kvetje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.