vríða
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to weave, to twist, to wind
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (turn, twist, wind, weave, wrinkle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (twist, writhe, turn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wreyt-
Gloss
twist, writhe, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- midwrithe English
- writhe English
- writher English
- writhing English
- writhle English
- writhy English
- veratrum Latin
- *wreyt- Proto-Indo-European
- vrien Norwegian Bokmål
- *wraiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *wraiþį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *wriþilaz Proto-Germanic
- *wrīþaną Proto-Germanic
- vrida Swedish
- forvri Norwegian Nynorsk
- vri Norwegian Nynorsk
- vrida Norwegian Nynorsk
- vride Norwegian Nynorsk
- vrien Norwegian Nynorsk
- wrīþan Old English
- writhen Middle English
- rið Old Norse
- ríða Old Norse
- rīdan Old High German
- *wrīþan gmw-pro
- vridh Old Swedish
- vriþa Old Swedish
- brii Westrobothnian
- writhæ Old Danish
- rīdan lng