Viðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - viðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "viðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
viðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- viðr
- I)
- viðr
- (gen. -ar; pl. -ir, acc. -u), m.
- viðr
- 1) tree (hann sá einn íkorna í viðum uppi);
- viðr
- 2) forest, wood; sól gengr til viðar, the sun sets;
- viðr
- 3) felled trees, timber (nú vil ek at þú takir mjöl ok við);
- viðr
- 4) mast.
- viðr
- II)
- viðr
- prep. = við I.
- viðr
- III)
- viðr
- = vinnr, from vinna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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