við
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Preposition
við
Antonyms
- (in): frá
Etymology 2
See viður.
Noun
við
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vit, the first-person dual personal pronoun; the plural was vér.
Pronoun
við
- (personal pronoun) we, nominative plural form of the personal pronoun ég (“I”)
- Við erum vinir. ― We are friends.
Declension
Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Preposition
við
Derived terms
- bjóða við
- blasa við
- daufheyrast við
- eiga við
- falla eins og flís við rass
- fjandskapast við
- halda við
- heima við
- inn við beinið
- kvað við klukkan
- leika við
- leika við hvern sinn fingur
- leitast við
- líka illa við
- líka vel við
- líka við
- ræða við
- sjá í gegnum fingur við
- skella skolleyrum við
- vera ekki við eina fjölina felldur
- við og við
Etymology 3
Noun
við
Old Norse
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "12th century Icelandic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /wið/, [wið]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "13th century Icelandic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /wɪð/, [wɪð]
- Rhymes: -ɪð
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
Noun
við f (genitive viðjar, plural viðjar)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tero- (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).
Alternative forms
- viðr (preposition)
Preposition
við
- (with dative)
- (with accusative)
- Vǫluspá in skamma 13.
- Haf gengr hríðum / við himin sjalfan…
- by, at close to
- (about time) towards, at
- við sólarsetr
- at sunset
- (about a person) towards, respecting, regarding
- (of cause) by, at
- falla við hǫgg
- to fall by a stroke
- as compared with, set off against
- according to
- Vǫluspá in skamma 13.
Descendants
- Icelandic: við
- Faroese: við
- Norwegian: ved
- Elfdalian: wið
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Old Swedish: vīþ, viþer
- Danish: ved
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "non-ogt" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
við
References
- viðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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