vacker, beautiful, pretty, attractive, handsome.
vackl|a (-ade, -at), to totter, falter.
vad, what, that which, what a.
vadan, whence.
vagg|a (-an, -or), cradle.
vagg|a (-ade, -at), to rock.
vaggande, rocking, unsteady, fluctuating.
vaggsång (-en, -er), cradle song, lullaby.
vagn (-en, -ar), chariot, car, wagon, wain.
vak|a (-ade, -at), to wake, stay awake; to hold vigil.
vaken, awake, alert, wide-awake.
vakn|a (-ade, -at), to awake; to rise from sleep; to rouse oneself.
vakt (-en, -er), guard, watch.
vakt|a (-ade, -at), to guard, watch; to herd;
vakta på, to keep watch on, to have under observation.
val (-et, --), choice, election.
valkig, callused, horny.
vall (-en, -ar), grass land, pasture, fallow ground, grassy slope;
i vall, aherding.
vall|a (-ade, -at), to stray, roam; to herd.
Valland, ancient Norse name for northwestern France.
vallande, wandering, sauntering.
vallarelåt (-en, -ar), herdsman's song; pastoral.
vallfart (-en), pilgrimage.
vallfärdsminne (-t, -n), recollection from travel, pilgrim memory.
valv (-et, --), vault.
van|a (-an, -or), habit, usage, custom.
vandr|a (-ade, -at), to wander, walk about.
vandrare (-n, --), wanderer, traveler.
vandring (-en, -ar), wandering, walk, roaming.
vandringslopp (-et, --), path of life; life's journey, pilgrimage;
span of life.
vandringsår (-et, --), years of wandering, roaming, travel.
vank|a (-ade, -at), to saunter; to wander aimlessly, to waddle,
go awkwardly.
vank|as (-ades, -ats), to be offered; to be given; to be had, bestowed.
vantro (-n), superstition.
vanvett (-et), insanity, idiocy, madness, folly.
vanvettig|göra (-gjorde, -gjort), to make insane, to shatter the mind.
vap|en (-net, --), weapon, arms.
vapendans (-en, -ar or -er), war dance.
vapendån (-et, --), din or clash of arms.
vapenglad, warlike.
vapengny (-et), clamor of warriors; din of arms.
vapenskifte (-t, -n), clash of arms, battle.
var (vara), pret., was; imperative, be.
var, each, every;
vars, whose, of which, whereof;
var en, en var, var och en, each one, every one.
var|a (-an, -or), goods, merchandise, wares.
var|a (-ade, -at), to last, endure, remain.
vara (var, varit), to be;
vara till, to exist, live.
varaktighet (-en), duration, durability, permanence.
varannan, varann, each other; every other one; alternate.
varav, of which, from which, whereof.
varda (vart), to become.
vardagsbröd (-et), everyday fare, plain bread.
varenda, every.
varför, why.
varhelst, wherever.
vari, wherein, in which, in what, where.
varifrån, whence, from where.
varje, each, every.
varm, warm, fervid.
varmed, whereby, by which.
varning (-en, -ar), warning.
vars, whose, of which.
varsam, gentle, careful, considerate; wary.
varsl|a (-ade, -at), to give a premonition; to foreshadow, predict.
varsn|a (-ade, -at), to take notice of; to see, observe.
vart, whither, where.
varthelst, wherever, whithersoever.
varthän, whither.
vartill, to which.
vas (-en, -er), vase.
vasall (-en, -er), vassal.
vasa|son (-sonen, -söner), son of Vasa, scion of the house of Vasa
(Gustavus I.).
vatt|en (-net, --), water.
vattendrag (-et, --), watercourse, stream.
vattenhiss (-en, -ar), appliance for raising water, water lift.
vattn|a (-ade, -at), to water.
ve, woe, pity;
ve dig, woe unto you;
väl och ve, weal and woe.
veckotidskrift (-en, -er), weekly journal.
vek, weak, feeble, frail, tender, soft, faint; impotent; futile.
vem, who, whom.
vemod (-et), sadness, melancholy.
vemodsdrag (-et, --), air, touch or sign of melancholy, mark or
stamp of sadness.
vemodsfull, somber, gloomy, melancholy.
verk (-et, --), work, achievement.
verk|a (-ade, -at), to work, labor, operate; to achieve, accomplish.
verklighet (-en, -er), reality.
verklighetsskildring (-en, -ar), realistic fiction, true-to-life writing.
verklighetstrogen, true to reality, realistic, natural.
verklighetstrohet (-en), realism, naturalness.
verkning (-en, -ar), effect, result.
verksamhet (-en), labor, activity, work.
verktyg (-et, --), implement, tool, instrument.
Verner, Werner.
vers (-en, -er), verse, stanza; poetry.
versmått (-et, --), meter, metrical structure.
versspråk (-et), language of poetry.
veta (visste, vetat), to know; to know how (to); to be able;
veta med sig, to be conscious of.
vetenskap (-en, -er), science, knowledge.
vetenskaplig, scientific.
veteran (-en, -er), veteran.
vetgirighet (-en), curiosity, thirst for knowledge.
vett (-et), learning, erudition; sense, good sense; mind, intellect;
wits; brain.
vi, we.
vi, why.
vice, vice.
vid, wide, broad, expansive;
det vida, space, the open.
vid, at, by, near, about, to, of.
vida, widely, far, afar.
vidd (-en, -er), area, territory, field.
vidg|a (-ade, -at), to widen, extend.
vidg|as (-ades, -ats), to widen; to be distended.
vidsträckt, extensive, wide.
vift|a (-ade, -at), to wave, flutter; to wag.
vig|a (-de, -t), to dedicate, consecrate.
vigd, sacred, consecrated.
vigg, vigg|e (-en, -ar), thunderbolt; levin; wedge.
vik (-en, -ar), bay, inlet.
vika (vek, vikit), to yield, give way; to be defeated; to disappear.
viking (-en, -ar), viking.
vikingafärd (-en, -er), viking expedition; voyage of vikings.
vikingaseg|el (-let, --), viking sail, ship.
vikingavänskap (-en), viking friendship.
viktig, weighty, important.
Viktor, Victor, Victor.
vila (-n), rest.
vil|a (-ade, -at), to rest, repose;
vila ut, to rest thoroughly or continuously.
vild, wild, uncultivated, rank.
vildmark (-en, -er), wilderness.
vildmarksvis|a (-an, -or), ballad of the wilderness.
vildskön, of wild beauty.
Vilhelm, William.
vilj|a (-an, -or), will, will power.
vilja (ville, velat), to will, desire; to strive for, be devoted to.
vilk|en (-et, -a), who, which, what.
vill (vilja), will, want.
vill, giddy, wild, excited.
vill|a (-an, -or), illusion, confusion;
vagueness (as, kvällens villa, the vague twilight).
villande, bewildering, confusing.
vilse, astray.
vilse|gå (-gick, -gått), to go astray.
vilsen, bewildered, confused.
viml|a (-ade, -at), to reel, grope about, wander; to swarm.
vim|mel (-let), throng; stir, crowding, tumult.
vin (-et, -er), wine.
vina (ven, vinit), to whiz, whistle, whine.
vind (-en, -ar), wind, breeze; air.
vind (-en, -ar), attic.
vindspel (-et, --), windlass, hoisting machine.
Vindsvale, father of winter; (Icel., vindsvalr, chilly wind).
ving|e (-en, -ar), wing.
ving|skjuta (-sköt, skjutit), to wing; to wound in the wing.
vingsnabb, vingesnabb, fleet, swift on the wing.
vingud (-en), god of wine.
vink|a (-ade, -at), to beckon, signal; to give a sign; to wave.
vinlövskrans (-en, -ar), wreath of the grapevine.
vinna (vann, vunnit), to win, gain; to receive, acquire; to achieve
(success); to be victorious; to triumph.
vinst (-en, -er), gain, profit, prize, winnings, earnings.
vint|er (-ern, -rar), winter.
vinterhälsning (-en, -ar), winter greeting.
vinterkväll (-en, -ar), winter evening.
vinterlynne (-t, -n), wintry mood.
vintersolstånd (-et, --), the winter solstice.
vinterstämning (-en, -ar), wintry mood.
vintertärn|a (-an, -or), winter maiden.
vinterur, wintry storm.
viol (-en, -er), violet.
vip|a (-an, -or), lapwing.
vir|a (-ade, -at), to twine.
virk|a (-ade, -at), to crochet; to make a netted fabric.
virtuositet (-en), virtuosity, mastery.
virvl|a (-ade, -at), to whirl, circle.
vis, wise, learned, sage; substantively, wise man, savant, philosopher.
vis, way, mode, wise, manner.
vis|a (-an, -or), ditty, ballad, song.
vis|a (-ade, -at; -te, -t), to show, display; to prove; to to present,
manifest, exhibit.
visdiktare (-n, --), ballad writer.
visdom (-en), wisdom, learning, knowledge.
visdomsdjup (-et, --), depth of wisdom.
vishet (-en), wisdom, learning.
visk|a (-ade, -at), to whisper.
vislig, prudent, wise, sensible.
viss, certain, positive.
vissn|a (-ade, -at), to wither, fade, wilt.
visst, surely, apparently, evidently, certainly, indeed, of course;
I believe; undoubtedly.
vist|as (-ades, -ats), to live, sojourn, stay.
vistelse (-n), stay, sojourn.
visthus (-et, --), storehouse, larder.
vitblomm|a (-an, -or), white flower.
vitn|a (-ade, -at), to turn white; to whiten.
vitt, white.
vitter, literary, learned, scholarly.
vitterhet (-en), literature, belles lettres.
vitterhetsakademi (-en, -er), academy of belles lettres, literary
academy.
vitterhetsidkare (-n, --), author, writer, man of letters.
vittj|a (-ade, -at), to examine and empty (a fishnet); to run or haul in
(a net or line).
vittr|a (-ade, -at), to erode, molder.
viv (-et, --), wife.
Vodan, Wotan.
von, of.
vorden (varda), become; changed, transformed, made (into).
vred, angry, wroth, irate, furious, mad.
vrede (-n), wrath, anger, fury, madness.
vredgad, angry, wroth.
vrida (vred, vridit), to wrench; to twist, turn, wring.
vrå (-n, -r), nook, corner, retreat.
vräk|a (-te or vrok, -t), to hurl, cast, throw; to rush.
vurmeri (-et, -er), craze, mania, hobby, fancy.
vyss|a (-ade, -at), to lull.
våd|a (-an, -or), danger, peril, risk, accident.
våg (-en, -or), wave, billow; waters.
våg|a (-ade, -at), to dare, venture; to risk.
våld (-et), power, might, force, tyranny.
våldsam, violent, sudden.
vålnad (-en, -er), spirit, ghost, spook, wraith.
vånd|as (-ades, -ats), to suffer, writhe, agonize; to be in pain.
vår (-en, -ar), spring, springtime.
vår, our, ours.
vård (-en, -ar), mark, sign, emblem, symbol.
vård (-en), care.
vård|a (-ade, -at), to keep, preserve, have in charge; to take care of.
vårdad, careful, thorough.
vårdanstalt (-en, -er), sanatorium, asylum, hospital.
vårdslös, careless, heedless, negligent, slovenly.
vårflodsveck|a (-an, -or), week of spring floods.
vårlig, springlike, pertaining to spring, vernal.
vår|natt (-natten, -nätter), spring night.
vårskri (-et, --), vernal call.
vårstorm (-en, -ar), spring storm.
vårvind (-en, -ar), spring wind, vernal breeze.
vårvis|a (-an, -or), spring song.
vårvit, white with spring blossoms.
våtkall, damp and chilly.
väck|a (-te, -t), to awaken, rouse, inspire; to cause; to wake.
väd|er (-ret, --), weather, wind; vädren, the winds.
väderbubbl|a (-an, -or), bubble.
väderlek (-en), weather.
väg (-en, -ar), way, road, course,
väg|a (-de, -t), to weigh, balance.
vägg (-en, -ar), wall, partition;
uppåt väggarna, utterly nonsensical, absurd, preposterous, out of
all reason; extremely.
väkt (-en, -er), watch.
väktare (-n, --), watchman, guardsman.
väl, welfare, weal;
väl den, blessed be he, happy he;
väl och ve, weal and woe.
väl, of course, indeed, true; well; carefully; doubtless, forsooth; then.
välbehag (-et), pleasure, enjoyment, delight.
väld, favor, partiality, bias.
väldig, mighty; grand, great.
välfägnad (-en), entertainment.
välgång (-en), welfare, weal; health.
välja (valde, valt), to choose, elect, select.
välkomm|a (-an, -or), welcome.
väll|a (-de, -t), to well, flow, pour, rise.
välljud (-et, --), sweet sound, harmony, melodiousness.
vällukt (-en, -er), fragrance, scent.
vällust (-en), rapture, pleasure, enjoyment, voluptuousness.
vällärd, scholarly, erudite, well versed.
välsignad, blessed, blissful.
vältalare (-n, --), orator;
andlig vältalare, pulpit orator.
vältalig, eloquent, grandiloquent.
välv|a (-de, -t), to roll, heave, tumble (of waves); to circle; to
bulge up or out.
vän, fair, bonny, dainty.
vän (-nen, -ner), friend, acquaintance, associate; darling, dear one.
vän|da (-de, -t), to turn, revolve, swing, rotate; to turn over, reverse;
vända åter (återvända), to return, turn back, come again.
vänlig, friendly, cordial, kind.
vänskap (-en), friendship.
vänt|a (-ade, -at), to await, to expect, to look for;
vänta sig, to expect, hope for.
väntan, waiting, wait.
väntanstid (-en, -er), time of waiting, expectancy.
väntansår (-en, --), year of waiting.
värd, worth, worthy of.
värde (-t, -n), value, worth, meaning, import.
värderad, esteemed, valued, appreciated.
värdig, worthy.
värdinn|a (-an, -or), hostess.
värj|a (-de, -t), to defend, protect, guard.
värld (-en, -ar), world, universe; humanity; realm.
världsförakt (-et), contempt of the world, pessimism.
världslitteratur (-en), world literature.
världssmärta (-n), sentimental pessimism, Weltschmerz.
världsåskådning (-en, -ar), views, view of life, tenets.
värma (-n), heat, ardor varmth.
värm|a (-de, -t), to warm.
värme (-n or -t), warmth, heat.
värn (-et, --), protection, defense.
värn|a (-ade, -at), to defend, protect, guard.
värre, worse;
dess värre (tyvärr), unfortunately, all the worse.
värv (-et, --), duty, vocation, occupation, commission.
värv|a (-de, -t), to earn, acquire, establish; poet. for förvärva.
väsen (-det, --), being, essence.
väss|a (-te, -t), to sharpen, point.
väst (-en, -ar), vest.
västanfläkt (-en, -ar), west wind, zephyr.
västanvind (-en, -ar), zephyr, west wind.
väster (-n), west.
västlig, western, westerly.
vätt, moistened.
väv (-en, -ar), woof, web; weaving.
väv|a (-de, -t), to weave.
vävd, woven.
väx|a (-te, -t), to grow, spring.
växl|a (-ade, -at), to change; to alternate, shift, vary.
växt (-en, -er), form, figure; plant, growth.
vörd|a (-ade, -at), to respect, honor.
vördnad (-en), reverence, respect, adoration.
vördsamligen, respectfully.