hríð

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See also: hrid, and hriþ

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hríð.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hríð f (genitive singular hríðar, nominative plural hríðar or hríðir)

  1. storm, especially a snowstorm

Declension

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    Declension of hríð
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hríð hríðin hríðar hríðarnar
accusative hríð hríðina hríðar hríðarnar
dative hríð hríðinni hríðum hríðunum
genitive hríðar hríðarinnar hríða hríðanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (“sudden attack; seizure; fit; storm”).

Compare Old English hriþ (“storm, tempest”).

Noun

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hríð f

  1. storm, snowstorm

Descendants

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  • Danish: rid
  • Faroese: ríð
  • Icelandic: hríð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ri
  • Swedish: rid
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