Vidar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).
Proper noun
[edit]Vidar
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Vidar
- (Norse mythology) Vidar.
- (rare) a male given name
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Vidar m
- (Norse mythology) Vidar, son of Odin
- a male given name from Old Norse
References
[edit]- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Vidar”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 062 males with the given name Vidar living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 3rd November, 2022.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Víðarr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1827.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Vidar c (genitive Vidars)
- (Norse mythology) Vidar.
- a male given name
Anagrams
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