villr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, whence also Old English wilde, Old Frisian wild, Old Saxon wildi, Old High German wildi, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis).
Adjective
[edit]villr
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: villur
- Faroese: villur
- Norn: vill
- Norwegian: vill
- Old Swedish: viller
- Gutnish: vildar, villar
- Scanian: vilðer
- ⇒ Danish: vild (influenced by Old Saxon wildi)
- ⇒ Old Swedish: vilder (influenced by Old Saxon wildi)
- Swedish: vild
References
[edit]- “villr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press