sveitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.

Noun

sveitte m (definite singular sveitten, uncountable)

sweat

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sveitast, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).

Alternative forms

sveitta

Verb

sveitte (present tense sveittar, past tense sveitta, past participle sveitta, passive infinitive sveittast, present participle sveittande, imperative sveitte/sveitt)

to sweat

References

“sveitte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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