hviða

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hviða, from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkʰvɪːða] Homophone: kviða Rhymes: -ɪːða === Noun === hviða f (genitive singular hviðu, nominative plural hviður) gust, blast, burst (e.g. of wind, air, coughing) fit (of pain), seizure (usually in the plural) labor, labor pains Synonyms: jóðsótt, hríðir ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). === Noun === hviða f squall of wind fit (of activity) === Descendants === Icelandic: hviða === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “hviða”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 301 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hviða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 219; also available at the Internet Archive