veita 1 (long stem) “grant, give”

“help; host, feast; celebrate; sustain, support; happen; lead, divert (water)”

highly frequent

transitive/impersonal transitive (dat/acc: differs by sense)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek veiti 1pl vér veitum 1sg ek veita 1pl vér veitim
2sg þú veitir 2pl þér veitið 2sg þú veitir 2pl þér veitið
3sg hon veitir 3pl þau veita 3sg hon veiti 3pl þau veiti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek veitta 1pl vér veittum 1sg ek veitta 1pl vér veittim
2sg þú veittir 2pl þér veittuð 2sg þú veittir 2pl þér veittið
3sg hon veitti 3pl þau veittu 3sg hon veitti 3pl þau veitti
preterite infinitive veittu
past participle f. veitt m. veittr n. veitt
imperative 2sg veit 1pl veitum 2pl veitið
middle voice: veitask “head, go”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek veitumk 1pl vér veitumk 1sg ek veitumk 1pl vér veitimk
2sg þú veitisk 2pl þér veitizk 2sg þú veitisk 2pl þér veitizk
3sg hon veitisk 3pl þau veitask 3sg hon veitisk 3pl þau veitisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek veittumk 1pl vér veittumk 1sg ek veittumk 1pl vér veittimk
2sg þú veittisk 2pl þér veittuzk 2sg þú veittisk 2pl þér veittizk
3sg hon veittisk 3pl þau veittusk 3sg hon veittisk 3pl þau veittisk
past participle n. veizk
imperative 2sg veizk 1pl veitumk 2pl veitizk

Sense group “host, feast; celebrate”: may derive from the noun ON veizla “feast.” Sense group “lead, divert”: may derive from the noun veit “trench” or be causative of vita pretpres (I) “travel.”

assimilation

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