hríð

See also: hrid and hriþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hríð.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /r̥iːð/
Rhymes: -iːð

Noun

hríð f (genitive singular hríðar, nominative plural hríðar or hríðir)

storm, especially a snowstorm

Declension

Declension of hríð
f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hríð	hríðin	hríðar	hríðarnar
accusative	hríð	hríðina	hríðar	hríðarnar
dative	hríð	hríðinni	hríðum	hríðunum
genitive	hríðar	hríðarinnar	hríða	hríðanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (“sudden attack; seizure; fit; storm”).

Compare Old English hriþ (“storm, tempest”).

Noun

hríð f

storm, snowstorm

Descendants

Danish: rid
Faroese: ríð
Icelandic: hríð
Norwegian Bokmål: ri
Norwegian Nynorsk: ri
Swedish: rid

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