"íviðja" meaning in Old Norse

See íviðja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈĩːˌwið.jɑ/ [Norse, West, obsolete], /ˈiːˌvið.jɑ/ (note: 13th century Icelandic)
Etymology: Of obscure origin and meaning. Some sources propose derivation from *í-viðr, thus meaning "one in the woods", while others suggest connection to Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”), Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”). Etymology templates: {{cog|osx|inwid||fraud, wickedness}} Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”), {{cog|goh|inwit||deceit, cunning}} Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} íviðja f, {{non-noun|f|íviðju|íviðjur}} íviðja f (genitive íviðju, plural íviðjur) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-jon|ívið}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=íviðjurnar|api=íviðjur|asd=íviðjuna|asi=íviðju|dpd=íviðjunum|dpi=íviðjum|dsd=íviðjunni|dsi=íviðju|g=feminine|gpd=íviðjanna|gpi=íviðja|gsd=íviðjunnar|gsi=íviðju|notes=|npd=íviðjurnar|npi=íviðjur|nsd=íviðjan|nsi=íviðja|stem=weak jōn-stem|title=íviðja}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðja|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjan|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjur|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjurnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðju|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjuna|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjur|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjurnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðju|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjunni|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðju|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjunnar|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðja|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|íviðjanna|gpd}} Forms: íviðju [genitive], íviðjur [plural], weak [table-tags], íviðja [indefinite, nominative, singular], íviðjan [definite, nominative, singular], íviðjur [indefinite, nominative, plural], íviðjurnar [definite, nominative, plural], íviðju [accusative, indefinite, singular], íviðjuna [accusative, definite, singular], íviðjur [accusative, indefinite, plural], íviðjurnar [accusative, definite, plural], íviðju [dative, indefinite, singular], íviðjunni [dative, definite, singular], íviðjum [dative, indefinite, plural], íviðjunum [dative, definite, plural], íviðju [genitive, indefinite, singular], íviðjunnar [definite, genitive, singular], íviðja [genitive, indefinite, plural], íviðjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (Norse mythology) a word of unclear meaning, often taken to mean giantess or ogress Tags: Norse, feminine Categories (topical): Norse mythology Synonyms: gýgr Related terms: bergrisi, hrímþurs, jǫtunn, risi, þurs

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "inwid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fraud, wickedness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "inwit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "deceit, cunning"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of obscure origin and meaning. Some sources propose derivation from *í-viðr, thus meaning \"one in the woods\", while others suggest connection to Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”), Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jōn-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "íviðja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "íviðju",
        "3": "íviðjur"
      },
      "expansion": "íviðja f (genitive íviðju, plural íviðjur)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ívið"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "íviðjurnar",
        "api": "íviðjur",
        "asd": "íviðjuna",
        "asi": "íviðju",
        "dpd": "íviðjunum",
        "dpi": "íviðjum",
        "dsd": "íviðjunni",
        "dsi": "íviðju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "íviðjanna",
        "gpi": "íviðja",
        "gsd": "íviðjunnar",
        "gsi": "íviðju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "íviðjurnar",
        "npi": "íviðjur",
        "nsd": "íviðjan",
        "nsi": "íviðja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "íviðja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Norse mythology",
          "orig": "non:Norse mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Germanic mythology",
            "Mythology",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nine worlds I remember,\nnine giantesses …",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, stanza 2, lines 5-6",
          "text": "Níu man ek heima,\nníu íviðjur … (This word in Codex Regius has previously been read as iviþi, which is normalized to íviði, but later investigations has shown it in fact does say iviþiur. Hauksbók has uidiur, which Björnsson normalizes to íviðjur.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a word of unclear meaning, often taken to mean giantess or ogress"
      ],
      "id": "en-íviðja-non-noun-CaUieZGx",
      "links": [
        [
          "Norse",
          "Norse"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giantess",
          "giantess#English"
        ],
        [
          "ogress",
          "ogress#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Norse mythology) a word of unclear meaning, often taken to mean giantess or ogress"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bergrisi"
        },
        {
          "word": "hrímþurs"
        },
        {
          "word": "jǫtunn"
        },
        {
          "word": "risi"
        },
        {
          "word": "þurs"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gýgr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈĩːˌwið.jɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːˌvið.jɑ/",
      "note": "13th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "íviðja"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "inwid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fraud, wickedness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "inwit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "deceit, cunning"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of obscure origin and meaning. Some sources propose derivation from *í-viðr, thus meaning \"one in the woods\", while others suggest connection to Old Saxon inwid (“fraud, wickedness”), Old High German inwit (“deceit, cunning”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jōn-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íviðjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "íviðja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "íviðju",
        "3": "íviðjur"
      },
      "expansion": "íviðja f (genitive íviðju, plural íviðjur)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ívið"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "íviðjurnar",
        "api": "íviðjur",
        "asd": "íviðjuna",
        "asi": "íviðju",
        "dpd": "íviðjunum",
        "dpi": "íviðjum",
        "dsd": "íviðjunni",
        "dsi": "íviðju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "íviðjanna",
        "gpi": "íviðja",
        "gsd": "íviðjunnar",
        "gsi": "íviðju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "íviðjurnar",
        "npi": "íviðjur",
        "nsd": "íviðjan",
        "nsi": "íviðja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "íviðja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íviðjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bergrisi"
    },
    {
      "word": "hrímþurs"
    },
    {
      "word": "jǫtunn"
    },
    {
      "word": "risi"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse feminine nouns",
        "Old Norse jōn-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Norse mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nine worlds I remember,\nnine giantesses …",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, stanza 2, lines 5-6",
          "text": "Níu man ek heima,\nníu íviðjur … (This word in Codex Regius has previously been read as iviþi, which is normalized to íviði, but later investigations has shown it in fact does say iviþiur. Hauksbók has uidiur, which Björnsson normalizes to íviðjur.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a word of unclear meaning, often taken to mean giantess or ogress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Norse",
          "Norse"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giantess",
          "giantess#English"
        ],
        [
          "ogress",
          "ogress#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Norse mythology) a word of unclear meaning, often taken to mean giantess or ogress"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈĩːˌwið.jɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːˌvið.jɑ/",
      "note": "13th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gýgr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "íviðja"
}

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