veva

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare Icelandic vefa, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

veva (third person singular past indicative vav, third person plural past indicative vóvu, supine vovið)

1. to weave

• vevene (of noun)
• vevet (of verb)
• vevde (of verb, simple past)
• vevd (of verb, past participle)

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

veva

1. inflection of veve:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• veve (of verb, e infinitive)
• våvå (of verb, dialectal)

From Old Norse vefa. Akin to English weave.

• (of verb): IPA^(key): /²ʋeːʋɑ/
• (of noun): IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːʋɑ/

veva (present tense vev, past tense vov, supine vove, past participle voven, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

1. to weave (a way of making cloth)

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

• “veva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

veva (present vevar, preterite vevade, supine vevat, imperative veva)

1. to turn a crank
2. to wave one's arms or the like around

   Stå inte där och veva

   Don't stand there gesticulating

veva c

1. (in "i samma veva" and "i den vevan") at around the same time, (often, idomatically) at the same time

   I samma som veva som expeditionen drabbades av malaria bröt krig ut i Europa och gjorde det svårt att leverera förnödenheter

   At the same time that the expedition was struck by malaria, war broke out in Europe, making it difficult to deliver supplies

"In the same swing of events," intuitively.

• veva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• veva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• veva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)