voð
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom the Old Norse váð, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, whence also Old English wǣd, Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt. Cognate with Faroese váð and Swedish våd.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɔːð
Noun
editvoð f (genitive singular voðar, nominative plural voðir)
- raiment, a piece cloth, weeds, clothing, garment, weave, fabric
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
- Elds er þörf
þeim er inn er kominn
og á kné kalinn.
Matar og voða
er manni þörf,
þeim er hefir um fjall farið.- Fire he needs
who with frozen knees
Has come from the cold without;
Food and clothes
must the farer have,
The man from the mountains come.
- Fire he needs
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.