vríða

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ríða (Old West Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt-. Cognate with Old English wrīþan (English writhe), Old High German rīdan (German reiden).

Verb

vríða

1. to weave, to twist, to wind

Descendants

See ríða for western descendants.

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vrida, vri
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vri
• Elfdalian: rwaiða, wraiða, waiða
• Old Swedish: vrīþa
  • Swedish: vrida
• Old Danish: writhæ
  • Danish: vride
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vride
  • Scanian: vriða
• Gutnish: bräida