víðr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, whence also Old English wīd, Old Frisian wīd, Old Saxon wīd, Old High German wīt.

Adjective

víðr

  1. wide

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: víður
  • Faroese: víður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vid
  • Old Swedish: vīþer, widher
  • Danish: vid
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vid

References

  • víðr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • víðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.