veip

veip

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwaibjan, “to wind around, wrap, clothe”).

Verb

veip (preterite & supine veipä)

1. wrap, envelop, bind, embroil

Etymology 2

From Old Norse veipa (“heavy and coarse woven fabric”).

Noun

veip f (definite singular veipa)

1. sail

Synonyms

• segehl

Etymology 3

From Old Norse veipa (“a kind of piece of clothing”); compare Finnish vaippa (“quilt”).

Noun

veip f (definite singular veipa)

1. thin bed cover of coarser wool or cattle hair; woolen sheet or blanket to put over the bed straw