kveite

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== kveite f or m (definite singular kveita or kveiten, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene) a halibut (type of fish) ===== Synonyms ===== hellefisk === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvete === References === “kveite” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hvete, German Weizen, and English wheat. ==== Alternative forms ==== kveiti, gveite, veite, vete (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable) wheat (grain) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Related to kvit (“white”). Attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646. ==== Noun ==== kveite f (definite singular kveita, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene) a halibut (fish) Synonym: hellefisk ===== Derived terms ===== blåkveite kveitefangst kveitefiske === References === “kveite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “kveite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016