Víðir

Old Norse Dictionary - víðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "víðir" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

víðir
m., poët. the wide sea, the main, Lex. poët.; freq. also in mod. ballads, cp. Úlf. 2. 29.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Úlf.
Úlfars-rímur.
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