víðka

See also: vidka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• víðga

Etymology

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Verb

víðka

1. to widen

Descendants

• Icelandic: víkka
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vidka, vidke, vikka, vikke
• Old Swedish: vidhga
  • Swedish: vidga

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “víðka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 498; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/498 Internet Archive]