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Old Norse
Etymology
Unclear; no Germanic cognates are known. However, possibly connected to Hittite 𒄷𒄿𒋫𒅈 (ḫu-i-ta-ar /ḫwitar/, “wild animal, game”) (gen.sg. 𒄷𒀉𒈾𒀸 (ḫu-it-na-aš /ḫwitnas/)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weyd- (“to be alive”), as found also in Luwian, e.g. 𒄷𒄿𒁺𒉿𒇷𒅖 (ḫu-i-du-wa-li-iš /ḫwitwalis/, “alive”).
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Noun
vitnir m (genitive vitnis, plural vitnar)
- (poetic, heiti) wolf
- Synonym: ulfr
- (poetic, heiti) sword
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð
Declension
Declension of vitnir (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫuitar / ḫuitn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 355–356