sväiv
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse sveifa (“to hover, glide.”) Cognate with Old Swedish swēva (“to turn,”) loaned Middle English swaiuen, and Norwegian sveiva (“to swing.”) From the same root also Old Norse sveifla, sveif, Middle English swayf (“swinging/a blow”), Norwegian sveiv (“turn,” dial. “whirl, vortex.”) Related to sveip, German schweifen.
Verb
sväiv (preterite sväivä)
- (intransitive) To float, swing.
- Trönjän sväivä högt ópp i lufta
- The cranes floated high up in the air.
- Trönjän sväivä högt ópp i lufta
- (intransitive) To swing around.
- Hjulä sväivä ti svarvstoln
- The wheel swung in the lathe.
- Hjulä sväivä ti svarvstoln
- (intransitive) To run around, to live in clover.
- Drängen a gått å sväivä kring bynom
- The farmhand has went running around the village.
- Drängen a gått å sväivä kring bynom