krävi

krävi

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse krefja.

Verb

krävi (present kräv, preterite krävd, supine kräft)

1. (transitive) to demand
2. (transitive, about medicines) to have adverse effects or influence on someone

   Meklamäntä kräv mäg.

   The medicine affects me.

   Hä kräv mäg.

   I want to vomit.

Synonyms

• (to have adverse effects on someone): sø̂:tj

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “krävi”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 360