hríð

See also: hrid and hriþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hríð.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /r̥iːð/
    Rhymes: -iːð

Noun

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

  1. storm, especially a snowstorm

Declension
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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

hríð f

  1. storm, snowstorm

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