víf

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See also: VIF, vif, and vîf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse víf, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.

Pronunciation

Noun

víf n (genitive singular vífs, nominative plural víf)

  1. (chiefly poetic) a wife
  2. (chiefly poetic) a woman

Declension

    Declension of víf
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative víf vífið víf vífin
accusative víf vífið víf vífin
dative vífi vífinu vífum vífunum
genitive vífs vífsins vífa vífanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībą. Akin to English wife.

Noun

víf n (genitive vífs)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: víf
  • Faroese: vív
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: viv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: viv m or n
  • Old Swedish: vīf
    • Swedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)
  • Danish: viv