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Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse váð, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, whence also Old English wǣd, Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt. Cognate with Faroese váð and Swedish våd.
Pronunciation
Noun
voð f (genitive singular voðar, nominative plural voðir)
- raiment, a piece cloth, weeds, clothing, garment, weave, fabric
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Elds er þörf
þeim er inn er kominn
og á kné kalinn.
Matar og voða
er manni þörf,
þeim er hefir um fjall farið.- Fire he needs
who with frozen knees
Has come from the cold without;
Food and clothes
must the farer have,
The man from the mountains come.
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.