hríð

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See also: hrid and hriþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hríð.

Pronunciation

Noun

hríð f (genitive singular hríðar, nominative plural hríðir or hríðar)

  1. storm, especially a snowstorm

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (sudden attack; seizure; fit; storm).

Compare Old English hriþ (storm, tempest).

Noun

hríð f

  1. storm, snowstorm

Descendants

  • Danish: rid
  • Faroese: ríð
  • Icelandic: hríð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ri
  • Swedish: rid