Víða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - víðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "víða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
víða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- víða
- I)
- víða
- (-ara, -ast), adv.
- víða
- 1) widely far and wide, in many places (vóru þeir því ágætari ok víðfrægri sem þeir fóru víðara); víðast um veröldina (in the wide world) fannst eigi sá maðr;
- víða
- 2) largely, extensively (hann ló v. frá).
- víða
- II)
- víða
- (-dda, -ddr), v. to widen (braut ísinn ok víddi vökina).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.