Beviljar

Beviljar is an Icelandic verb meaning to grant, confer, or award something by authority. It is used in formal, administrative, and legal contexts to indicate that an official body or person in a position of power gives a right, permission, funding, or some other benefit to someone or something. The act described by bevilja can involve licenses, subsidies, custody, access, or citizenship, among other outcomes.

The verb is formed from be- plus vilja and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish bevilja and Danish bevilge, reflecting a common semantic root related to granting or authorizing. In Icelandic, bevilja is a transitive verb that typically takes a direct object representing what is granted and often a recipient or purpose expressed in a following phrase.

In usage, bevilja is common in government, municipal administration, and nonprofit contexts. It appears in official announcements, statutes, and press releases when describing decisions that permit or allocate something. Beviljar is the present tense form used for third-person singular subjects; Icelandic verbs are typically conjugated to reflect the subject and tense, with bevilja also forming past and other tenses as part of its verbal paradigm.

Noun forms related to the act include beviljun, referring to the grant or provision itself. Bevilja is closely related to related terms such as leyfi (license), styrkur (subsidy or grant), and réttindi (rights), which represent the kinds of benefits that can be bevilja by authorities.