kviðr

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kwidiz, related to kveða. Note the jump from i-stem to u-stem.

Noun

kviðr m (genitive kviðar, plural kviðir)

Declension

Declension of kviðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kviðr	kviðrinn	kviðir	kviðirnir
accusative	kvið	kviðinn	kviðu	kviðuna
dative	kviði	kviðinum	kviðum	kviðunum
genitive	kviðar	kviðarins	kviða	kviðanna

Derived terms

kviðmaðr m

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *kweþuz.

Noun

kviðr m (genitive kviðar, plural kviðir)

belly, stomach
womb

Declension

Declension of kviðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kviðr	kviðrinn	kviðir	kviðirnir
accusative	kvið	kviðinn	kviðu	kviðuna
dative	kviði	kviðinum	kviðum	kviðunum
genitive	kviðar	kviðarins	kviða	kviðanna

Derived terms

kviðargirnd f (“gluttony”)
kviðsótt f (“colic”)
kviðsullr m (“boil on the stomach”)
kviðugr (“pregnant”)
kviðþroti m (“swelling of the stomach”)
kviðverkr m (“belly ache”)

Descendants

Icelandic: kviður
Faroese: kviður, kvið
Old Swedish: qviþer
- Swedish: kved
Old Danish: kwith

See also

magi
vǫmb

References

kviðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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