voð

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See also: vod, VoD, voď, vód, vôd, vöd, and вод

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From the Old Norse váð, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, whence also Old English wǣd, Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt. Cognate with Faroese váð and Swedish våd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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voð f (genitive singular voðar, nominative plural voðir)

  1. raiment, a piece cloth, weeds, clothing, garment, weave, fabric
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Elds er þörf
      þeim er inn er kominn
      og á kné kalinn.
      Matar og voða
      er manni þörf,
      þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
      Fire he needs
      who with frozen knees
      Has come from the cold without;
      Food and clothes
      must the farer have,
      The man from the mountains come.

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.