víða

See also: viða, vida, and Vida

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːða/
  • Rhymes: -iːða

Adverb

víða

  1. far and wide; in many places

Old Norse

Etymology

From the adjective víðr.

Adjective

víða

  1. inflection of víðr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Adverb

víða (comparative víðara, superlative víðast)

  1. widely, far and wide, in many places
    Synonym: vítt

Descendants

  • Icelandic: víða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vida, vide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vide
  • Old Swedish: vīþa

Verb

víða

  1. to widen

Conjugation

Conjugation of víða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive víða
present participle víðandi
past participle víddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular víði vídda víða vídda
2nd person singular víðir víddir víðir víddir
3rd person singular víðir víddi víði víddi
1st person plural víðum víddum víðim víddim
2nd person plural víðið vídduð víðið víddið
3rd person plural víða víddu víði víddi
imperative present
2nd person singular víð, víði
1st person plural víðum
2nd person plural víðið
Conjugation of víða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive víðask
present participle víðandisk
past participle vízk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular víðumk víddumk víðumk víddumk
2nd person singular víðisk víddisk víðisk víddisk
3rd person singular víðisk víddisk víðisk víddisk
1st person plural víðumsk víddumsk víðimsk víddimsk
2nd person plural víðizk vídduzk víðizk víddizk
3rd person plural víðask víddusk víðisk víddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular vízk, víðisk
1st person plural víðumsk
2nd person plural víðizk

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vide

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “víða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 497; also available at the Internet Archive