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Íviðja
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name of unknown meaning. Theories include
1) 'The one living in the woods' (related to VID) [1]
2) 'The malicious one' (related to Old Norse ívið = 'malice') [1]
3) 'The swathing one' (related to Old Norse viðja = 'withy') (most unlikely) [1]
Related Names
| Íviðja | ♀ |  
|
Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Íviðjuson | 
|
Female
| Íviðjudóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Íviðja |
| Accusative: | Íviðju |
| Dative: | Íviðju |
| Genitive: | Íviðju |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
Trivia
- Íviðja is also used as an Icelandic horse name
Statistics
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Íviðja.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is