vetr

See also: větř and -vetr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz by nasal assimilation. See vintr for more.

Noun

vetr m (Old West Norse)

  1. winter
  2. year

Declension

Declension of vetr (strong consonant stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vetr vetrinn vetr vetrnir
accusative vetr vetrinn vetr vetrna
dative vetri vetrinum vetrum vetrunum
genitive vetrar vetrarins vetra vetranna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vetur
  • Faroese: vetur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vetter; (dialectal) vetr, vøtur
  • Elfdalian: witter
  • Old Swedish: vitter, vætter ?
  • Gutnish: vittur ?

Further reading

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