vetr

See also: větř and -vetr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• vintr — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz by nasal assimilation. See vintr for more.

Noun

vetr m (Old West Norse)

1. winter
2. year

Declension

Declension of vetr (strong consonant stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vetr	vetrinn	vetr	vetrnir
accusative	vetr	vetrinn	vetr	vetrna
dative	vetri	vetrinum	vetrum	vetrunum
genitive	vetrar	vetrarins	vetra	vetranna

Derived terms

• -vetr

Descendants

• Icelandic: vetur
• Faroese: vetur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vetter; (dialectal) vetr, vøtur
• Elfdalian: witter
• Old Swedish: vitter, vætter ?
• Gutnish: vittur ?

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vetr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive