veðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • -viðri

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wedrą. Cognates include Old English weder and Old High German wetar (from Proto-West Germanic *wedr).

Noun

veðr n (genitive veðrar or veðrs)

  1. weather
  2. storm, wind
    í Óðins veðri
    in the storm of Odin [BATTLE]
Descendants
  • Icelandic: veður
  • Faroese: veður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr, veder; (dialectal) veir, vør, ve
  • Elfdalian: weðer
  • Old Swedish: væþer
  • Old Danish: wæthær
  • Gutnish: vädar
  • Scanian: væðer

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus), Old English weþer and Old High German widar.

Noun

veðr m (genitive veðrar)

  1. ram (male sheep)
Descendants
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