víða

See also: viða, vida, and Vida

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːða/
• Rhymes: -iːða

Adverb

víða

1. far and wide; in many places

Related terms

• víður (“wide, broad”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From the adjective víðr.

Adjective

víða

1. inflection of víðr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Adverb

víða (comparative víðara, superlative víðast)

1. widely, far and wide, in many places

   Synonym: vítt

Descendants

• Icelandic: víða
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vida, vide
• Norwegian Bokmål: vide
• Old Swedish: vīþa
  • Swedish: vida

Verb

víða

1. to widen

Conjugation

Conjugation of víða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	víða
present participle	víðandi
past participle	víddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	víði	vídda
2nd-person singular	víðir	víddir
3rd-person singular	víðir	víddi
1st-person plural	víðum	víddum
2nd-person plural	víðið	vídduð
3rd-person plural	víða	víddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	víða	vídda
2nd-person singular	víðir	víddir
3rd-person singular	víði	víddi
1st-person plural	víðim	víddim
2nd-person plural	víðið	víddið
3rd-person plural	víði	víddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	víð, víði
1st-person plural	víðum
2nd-person plural	víðið

Conjugation of víða — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	víðask
present participle	víðandisk
past participle	vízk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	víðumk	víddumk
2nd-person singular	víðisk	víddisk
3rd-person singular	víðisk	víddisk
1st-person plural	víðumsk	víddumsk
2nd-person plural	víðizk	vídduzk
3rd-person plural	víðask	víddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	víðumk	víddumk
2nd-person singular	víðisk	víddisk
3rd-person singular	víðisk	víddisk
1st-person plural	víðimsk	víddimsk
2nd-person plural	víðizk	víddizk
3rd-person plural	víðisk	víddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vízk, víðisk
1st-person plural	víðumsk
2nd-person plural	víðizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vide
• Norwegian Bokmål: vide

References

• víða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.