vǫðvi

See also: vöðvi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with Old Saxon watho, Middle Dutch wade (Dutch wade, Afrikaans waai), Old High German wado (German Wade).

Noun

vǫðvi m (genitive vǫðva, plural vǫðvar)

muscle, calf (of the leg)

Declension

Declension of vǫðvi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫðvi	vǫðvinn	vǫðvar	vǫðvarnir
accusative	vǫðva	vǫðvann	vǫðva	vǫðvana
dative	vǫðva	vǫðvanum	vǫðum	vǫðunum
genitive	vǫðva	vǫðvans	vǫðva	vǫðvanna

Descendants

Faroese: vøddi
Icelandic: vöðvi
Old Swedish: vaþve
- Swedish: vad

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