hvítr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, whence also Old English hwīt, Old Saxon hwīt, and Old High German wīz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hwiːtr̥/

Adjective

hvítr (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastr)

1. white

Declension

    Strong declension of hvítr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítr	hvít	hvítt
accusative	hvítan	hvíta	hvítt
dative	hvítum	hvítri	hvítu
genitive	hvíts	hvítrar	hvíts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítir	hvítar	hvít
accusative	hvíta	hvítar	hvít
dative	hvítum	hvítum	hvítum
genitive	hvítra	hvítra	hvítra

    Weak declension of hvítr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvíti	hvíta	hvíta
accusative	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
dative	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
genitive	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu
accusative	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu
dative	hvítum	hvítum	hvítum
genitive	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu

    Declension of comparative of hvítr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
accusative	hvítara	hvítari	hvítara
dative	hvítara	hvítari	hvítara
genitive	hvítara	hvítari	hvítara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari
accusative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari
dative	hvíturum	hvíturum	hvíturum
genitive	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari

    Strong declension of superlative of hvítr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítastr	hvítust	hvítast
accusative	hvítastan	hvítasta	hvítast
dative	hvítustum	hvítastri	hvítustu
genitive	hvítasts	hvítastrar	hvítasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítastir	hvítastar	hvítust
accusative	hvítasta	hvítastar	hvítust
dative	hvítustum	hvítustum	hvítustum
genitive	hvítastra	hvítastra	hvítastra

    Weak declension of superlative of hvítr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítasti	hvítasta	hvítasta
accusative	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
dative	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
genitive	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu
accusative	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu
dative	hvítustum	hvítustum	hvítustum
genitive	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvítur
• Faroese: hvítur
• Norn: hvid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvit, (dialectal) kvit’u, kvit’e
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kvit
• Elfdalian: wait
• Old Swedish: hvīter
  • Swedish: vit, hvit (pre-1906 spelling)
• Danish: hvid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvit
• Old Gutnish: huit
  • Gutnish: veitar, veita, veit

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
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