Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛚᚨᛞᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ (*widaʀ, “wide”) +‎ *ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada, “land”) +‎ -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, “-ed”, forms adjectives from nouns).

Adjective

*ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛚᚨᛞᛁᛉ (*widaladiʀ /wīdalandiʀ⁠/)

1. possessing much land; literally “widely-landed”

Descendants

• Old Norse: víðlendr
  • Icelandic: víðlendur