víðir

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːðɪr/
• Rhymes: -iːðɪr
• Homophone: Víðir

víðir m (genitive singular víðis, no plural)

1. willow

• (willow): pílviður (rare), píll (archaic)

• 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”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

víðir m (genitive víðis)

1. willow

• Icelandic: víðir
• Norwegian Bokmål: vier
• Swedish: vide

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

víðir

1. positive degree strong masculine nominative plural of víðr

víðir

1. inflection of víða:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular present subjunctive active