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 sveitt/sveitte)
- to sweat
See also
- svette (Bokmål)
References
- “sveitte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.