vǫðvi

See also: vöðvi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with Old Saxon watho, Middle Dutch wade (Dutch wade, Afrikaans waai), Old High German wado (German Wade).

Noun

vǫðvi m (genitive vǫðva, plural vǫðvar)

  1. muscle, calf (of the leg)

Declension

Declension of vǫðvi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vǫðvi vǫðvinn vǫðvar vǫðvarnir
accusative vǫðva vǫðvann vǫðva vǫðvana
dative vǫðva vǫðvanum vǫðum vǫðunum
genitive vǫðva vǫðvans vǫðva vǫðvanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vöðvi
  • Faroese: vøddi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vodve; (dialectal) vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve
  • Old Swedish: vaþve
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