vetr

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See also: větř and -vetr

Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vetr m (Old West Norse)

  1. winter
  2. year

Declension[edit]

  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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • “vetr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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