vǫðvi

See also: vöðvi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with Old Saxon watho, Middle Dutch wade (Dutch wade, Afrikaans waai), Old High German wado (German Wade).

Noun

vǫðvi m (genitive vǫðva, plural vǫðvar)

1. muscle, calf (of the leg)

Declension

Declension of vǫðvi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫðvi	vǫðvinn	vǫðvar	vǫðvarnir
accusative	vǫðva	vǫðvann	vǫðva	vǫðvana
dative	vǫðva	vǫðvanum	vǫðum	vǫðunum
genitive	vǫðva	vǫðvans	vǫðva	vǫðvanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vöðvi
• Faroese: vøddi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vodve; (dialectal) vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve
• Old Swedish: vaþve
  • Swedish: vad