vette

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtə/

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vette

1. inflection of vet:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

vette

1. illative singular of vesi

vesz +‎ -te

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• Hyphenation: vet‧te

vette

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of vesz

   Ki vette? ― Who bought it?

vette f

1. plural of vetta

vette

1. inflection of veaddit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Old Norse vettr, vættr f, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Akin to English wight.

vette n (definite singular vettet, indefinite plural vette, definite plural vetta)

1. (folklore) a wight

• godvette
• haugvette
• uvette
• vassvette
• vettenyre
• årevette

• “vette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Swedish viti. Cognate of Icelandic viti (“sign”).

vette c

1. a model duck decoy

   Synonym: lockfågel

vette

1. past indicative of vetta

• det vete fan

• vette in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• vette in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)