víf

See also: VIF, vif, and vîf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse víf, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːv/

  Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

víf n (genitive singular vífs, nominative plural víf)

1. (chiefly poetic) a wife
2. (chiefly poetic) a woman

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībą. Akin to English wife.

Noun

víf n (genitive vífs)

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

  Declension of víf (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	víf	vífit	víf	vífin
accusative	víf	vífit	víf	vífin
dative	vífi	vífinu	vífum	vífunum
genitive	vífs	vífsins	vífa	vífanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: víf
• Faroese: vív
• Norwegian Nynorsk: viv
• Norwegian Bokmål: viv m or n
• Old Swedish: vīf
  • Swedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)
• Danish: viv