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veita.

to grant, to offer

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈveiːta]

  1. to grant, to offer

    weak
    Hún veitti mér verðlaun.

  2. to pipe water

    weak

  3. used in set phrases

    impersonal · weak
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

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