Ríkviðr
Old Norse
proper noun
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse ríkr (rich, distinguished, powerful, mighty) + Old Norse viðr (wood, tree, forest, log, tree wood, board, mast, against, big, bushes, far, wide, stump).
Origin
Old Norse
viðr
Gloss
wood, tree, forest, log, tree wood, board, mast, against, big, bushes, far, wide, stump
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
木, 樹
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rik Norwegian Bokmål
- *rīkijaz Proto-Germanic
- *widuz Proto-Germanic
- ved Swedish
- rik Norwegian Nynorsk
- rīce Old English
- Freyviðr Old Norse
- Skáfiðr Old Norse
- Viðbjǫrn Old Norse
- birkiviðr Old Norse
- mjǫtviðr Old Norse
- ríkleikr Old Norse
- ríkr Old Norse
- viðr Old Norse
- rig Danish
- ríkur Icelandic
- viður Icelandic
- ríkur Faroese
- viður Faroese
- riker Old Swedish
- rīker, riker Old Swedish