víðir
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse víðir, from Proto-Germanic *wīþijō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”). Cognate to Dutch wijde (“willow”), Swedish vide.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvíðir m (genitive singular víðis, no plural)
Declension
editSynonyms
editDerived terms
edit- alaskavíðir (“Alaska willow, Salix alaxensis”)
- dökkvíðir (“dark-leaved willow, Salix myrsinifolia”)
- fjallavíðir (“arctic willow, Salix arctica”)
- gljávíðir (“bay willow, Salix pentandra”)
- grasvíðir (“least willow, Salix herbacea”)
- grávíðir (“arctic willow, Salix arctica”)
- gulvíðir (“tea-leaved willow, Salix phylicifolia”)
- körfuvíðir (“osier, Salix viminalis”)
- loðvíðir (“woolly willow, Salix lanata”)
- tröllavíðir (“Alaska willow, Salix alaxensis”)
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editvíðir m (genitive víðis)
Declension
edit Declension of víðir (strong ija-stem, singular only)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- víðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editvíðir
Verb
editvíðir
- inflection of víða:
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