veðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• -viðri

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wedrą. Cognates include Old English weder and Old High German wetar (from Proto-West Germanic *wedr).

Noun

veðr n (genitive veðrar or veðrs)

1. weather

Descendants

• Icelandic: veður
• Faroese: veður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr, veder; (dialectal) veir, vør, ve
• Elfdalian: weðer
• Old Swedish: væþer
  • Swedish: väder
• Old Danish: wæthær
  • Danish: vejr, vær, vædder
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vær
• Gutnish: vädar
• Scanian: væðer

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus), Old English weþer and Old High German widar.

Noun

veðr m (genitive veðrar)

1. ram (male sheep)

Descendants

• Icelandic: veður
• Faroese: veðrur, veður (rare)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr, veder; (dialectal) veir’e, veir, vaur, vør
• Old Swedish: væþur
  • Swedish: vädur
• Danish: væder, vædder, vær
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vedder, vær
• Gutnish: vädrä