vidke

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

vidka

Etymology edit

From Old Norse víðka. Doublet of vikke. Cognates with Icelandic víkka.

Verb edit

vidke (present tense vidkar, past tense vidka, past participle vidka, passive infinitive vidkast, present participle vidkande, imperative vidke/vidk)

(transitive) to make roomy, more spacious
Synonym: vide ut
(now rare) alternative form of vikke

References edit

“vidke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“vidka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016