víðir – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of víðir

Noun: víðir
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.víðir
Sg. Def.víðirinn

Genitive

Sg. Indef.víðis
Sg. Def.víðisins

Dative

Sg. Indef.víði
Sg. Def.víðinum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.víði
Sg. Def.víðinn

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like víðir

gymir, víðir, ægir,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Germanic *wīþijaz (“willow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), to a root sense of braid, intertwine etc, also found in Old Norse veggr (“wall”), and potentially dialectal Scandinavian vina, Icelandic vínast (“to mate among birds”). Compare also wire and wind. See related Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines”), from *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
2. Cognate to Middle Low German wīde; Middle Dutch wide, Dutch wijde; Old High German wīda, Middle High German wīde, German weide; also Old English wíþig, English withy, Old English wiþþe, English withe; Old Frisian withthe; Latin vitis (“grape vine, grape stock”); Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”); Old Church Slavonic větvь (větvĭ), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ, “branch, bough, limb”); Old Prussian witwan (“willow”); Latvian vītols (“willow”); Lithuanian vyti̇̀s (“willow twig”); Old Irish féith (“fiber, sinue”); Avestan vaēiti- (“willow”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'veggr', English Nouns 'withy', Old English Nouns 'wiþþe', English Nouns 'withe', Latin Nouns 'vitis', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἰτέα', Russian Nouns 'ветвь', Latvian Nouns 'vītols'.

Verbs referencing "víðir"

Swedish Nouns vide, Icelandic Nouns víðir.

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