viðr
See also: víðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᛞᚢᛉ (*widuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”). Cognate with Old English widu, wudu, Old Saxon widu, Old High German witu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viðr m (genitive viðar, plural viðir)
Declension edit
Declension of viðr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms edit
- mjǫtviðr m
- rekaviðr m (“drift-timber”)
- viða (“to furnish wood”)
- viðan f (“furnishing of wood”)
- viðarbulungr m (“a pile of wood”)
- viðarbyrðr f (“a burden of wood”)
- viðarfang n (“an armful of wood”)
- viðarflaki m (“wooden scaffolding”)
- viðarhlass n (“a load of wood”)
- viðarhǫgg n (“wood-cutting”)
- viðarlauf n (“wood-leaves”)
- viðarmark n (“a mark on a tree”)
- viðarrif n (“the right of taking fagots”)
- viðarrunnr m (“grove”)
- viðarrót f (“the root of a tree”)
- viðartaka f (“wood-pilfering”)
- viðartalga f (“wood-cutting”)
- viðarteinungr m (“wand”)
- viðartág f (“tough root”)
- viðarval n (“picked wood”)
- viðarverk n (“woodwork”)
- viðarvǫxtr m (“brushwood”)
- viðarøx f (“woodaxe”)
- viðaval n (“selection of timber”)
- viðbjǫrn m (“black bear”)
- viðhǫgg n (“wood-cutting”)
- viðkǫstr m (“pile of wood”)
- viðreki m (“drift of wood”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: viður
- Faroese: viður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ved, vid
- Elfdalian: wið
- Old Swedish: viþer, vedher
- Swedish: ved
- Old Danish: with
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
viðr
- Alternative form of við
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
viðr