villr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, whence also Old English wilde, Old Frisian wild, Old Saxon wildi, Old High German wildi, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis).

Adjective

villr

1. wild

Descendants

• Icelandic: villur
• Faroese: villur
• Norn: vill
• Norwegian: vill
• Old Swedish: viller
  • Swedish: vill
  • → Finnish: villi
• Gutnish: vildar, villar
• Scanian: vilðer
• ⇒ Danish: vild (influenced by Old Saxon wildi)
• ⇒ Old Swedish: vilder (influenced by Old Saxon wildi)
  • Swedish: vild

References

• “villr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press