veptr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • veftr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiftiz.

Noun

veptr m

  1. woof, weft
  2. cloth

Descendants

  • Faroese: veftur
  • Norwegian: veft
  • Swedish: väft

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “veptr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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