vǫðvi

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vǫðvi m (genitive vǫðva, plural vǫðvar)

muscle, calf (of the leg)

Declension[edit]

Declension of vǫðvi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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[edit]

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

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