Vidar
English
Etymology
From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).
Proper noun
Vidar
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Vidar
- (Norse mythology) Vidar.
- (rare) a male given name.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).
Proper noun
Vidar
- (Norse mythology) Vidar
- a male given name.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 570 males with the given name Vidar living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Víðarr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1827.
Proper noun
Vidar c (genitive Vidars)
- (Norse mythology) Vidar.
- a male given name.
Anagrams
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Norse mythology
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Norse mythology
- Danish terms with rare senses
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Norse mythology
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Norse mythology
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names