hviða
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hviða, from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hviða f (genitive singular hviðu, nominative plural hviður)
- gust, blast, burst (e.g. of wind, air, coughing)
- fit (of pain), seizure
- (usually in the plural) labor, labor pains
Declension edit
declension of hviða