víðir
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse víðir, from Proto-Germanic *wīþijō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”). Cognate to Dutch wijde (“willow”), Swedish vide.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
víðir m (genitive singular víðis, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of víðir
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- alaskavíðir (“Alaska willow, Salix alaxensis”)
- dökkvíðir (“dark-leaved willow, Salix myrsinifolia”)
- fjallavíðir (“arctic willow, Salix arctica”)
- gljávíðir (“bay willow, Salix pentandra”)
- grasvíðir (“least willow, Salix herbacea”)
- grávíðir (“arctic willow, Salix arctica”)
- gulvíðir (“tea-leaved willow, Salix phylicifolia”)
- körfuvíðir (“osier, Salix viminalis”)
- loðvíðir (“woolly willow, Salix lanata”)
- tröllavíðir (“Alaska willow, Salix alaxensis”)
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
víðir m (genitive víðis)
Declension edit
Declension of víðir (strong ija-stem, singular only)
Descendants edit
References edit
- víðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
víðir
Verb edit
víðir
- inflection of víða: