viður - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːjʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -iːjʊɹ

viður m (genitive singular viðar, uncountable)

1. wood, timber

• Viðoy - the "Wood Island"
• rekaviður
• brenniviður
• eikiviður
• viðarlund

• træ
• timbur
• skógur
• viðurskifti
• viðurkenna

From Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːðʏr

viður m (genitive singular viðar, nominative plural viðir)

1. trees or brambles collectively
2. forest, wood
3. wood, timber, lumber

• ganga til viðar
• keisaraviður
• rekaviður

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “viður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “viður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “viður”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)