hviða

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɪːða/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɪːða/
• Homophone: kviða
• Rhymes: -ɪːða

hviða f (genitive singular hviðu, nominative plural hviður)

1. gust, blast, burst (e.g. of wind, air, coughing)
2. fit (of pain), seizure
3. (usually in the plural) labor, labor pains

• (labor): jóðsótt, hríðir