víðir 1
nafnorð, karlkyn
sjá einnig víðir 2 nafnorð, karlkyn
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).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- esp.
- especially.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- ch.
- chapter.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)