Viða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - viðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "viða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
viða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- viða
- I)
- viða
- (að), v. to furnish wood.
- viða
- II)
- viða
- f.
- viða
- 1) mast (lét hann reisa viðuna ok draga seglit); láta skip renna at (or á) viðum, to let the ship run under bare poles;
- viða
- 2) a high deck or bridge, amidships on ships of war (Sverrir konungr hljóp upp á viðuna).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
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