Víðir
Old Norse Dictionary - víðirMeaning of Old Norse word "víðir" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
víðir Old Norse word can mean:
- víðir
- m. [A. S. wiðig; Engl. withy; cp. Lat. vitis], a willow, Edda (gl.); þat er vex á víði, Pr. 474: in Icel. esp. willow-scrub, dwarf-willow, salix repens, fjalla-grávíðir = salix alpina glauca; bein-víðir, q. v.; loð-víðir or kotuns-víðir, the cotton-willow; haga-grávíðir, salix repens, Eggert Itin. ch. 267; used for thatching (cp. taug-reptr, Hm.), but esp. as fodder; many local names are derived from this plant: Víði-dalr, -nes, -hjalli, -ker (see kjarr), -skógr, Landn., FS., map of Icel.: Víð-dælir, men from Víðidalr (whence the family name Vidalin, descended from Arngrim lærdi).
- víðir
- COMPDS: víðdælskr, víðihæll, víðirif.
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:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)