við

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See also: vid, vith, viď, vid., and víð

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse við.

Preposition

við

  1. (with accusative or with dative) with
  2. (with accusative) beside, near
  3. (with accusative) in
Antonyms

Etymology 2

See viður.

Noun

við

  1. accusative singular of viður

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vit, the first-person dual personal pronoun; the plural was vér.

Pronoun

við

  1. (personal pronoun) we, nominative plural form of the personal pronoun ég (I)
    Við erum vinir.We are friends.
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse við.

Preposition

við

  1. (with accusative) beside, near, next to
    Ég stend við vegginn.I'm standing next to the wall.
  2. (with accusative, idiomatic, between people) with, to
Derived terms

Old Norse

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

við f (genitive viðjar, plural viðjar)

  1. withy, withe; collar
    viðjar af gulli
    collars of gold

Descendants

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Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Preposition

við

  1. (with dative)
    1. against
    2. (of direction) towards, against
      horfa við e-m
      to look towards, to face
    3. (sociative) along with
    4. (instrumental) with
    5. among
    6. (denoting barter, exchange) against, for
    7. (denoting remedy) against
    8. (denoting contest) against
  2. (with accusative)
    • Vǫluspá in skamma 13.
      Haf gengr hríðum / við himin sjalfan…
    1. by, at close to
    2. (about time) towards, at
      við sólarsetr
      at sunset
    3. (about a person) towards, respecting, regarding
    4. (of cause) by, at
      falla við hǫgg
      to fall by a stroke
    5. as compared with, set off against
    6. according to

Descendants

  • Icelandic: við
  • Faroese: við
  • Norwegian: ved
  • Swedish: vid

Template:mid2

  • Danish: ved
  • Elfdalian: wið
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Etymology 3

Noun

við

  1. Template:accusative singular of

References

  • viðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.