voð

See also: vod, VoD, voď, vód, vôd, vöd, and вод

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse váð, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, whence also Old English wǣd, Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt. Cognate with Faroese váð and Swedish våd.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːð

Noun

voð f (genitive singular voðar, nominative plural voðir)

1. raiment, a piece cloth, weeds, clothing, garment, weave, fabric
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Elds er þörf
     þeim er inn er kominn
     og á kné kalinn.
     Matar og voða
     er manni þörf,
     þeim er hefir um fjall farið.

     Fire he needs
     who with frozen knees
     Has come from the cold without;
     Food and clothes
     must the farer have,
     The man from the mountains come.

Declension

Declension of voð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	voð	voðin	voðir	voðirnar
accusative	voð	voðina	voðir	voðirnar
dative	voð	voðinni	voðum	voðunum
genitive	voðar	voðarinnar	voða	voðanna

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “voð”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies