Dictionary:hvit

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*hwid [hwi̇̄d (hwid)], adj., white. Wests. and Conn.: kwid [kwi̇̄d (kwid)]. Handed down: a) in two fragments of Norn from Y^h. and Fe. ( α) from Y^h.: *hwiden, hwigen [hwi̇̄gən] in “hw. s(w)iglen”, with white sails, *(með) hvítum seglum; β) from Fe.: *hwi [hwi̇̄] for *hwit, *hwid from *hvítt and *hvítu, nom. and dat. sing. in neut.; see Introd.); b) in *hwida, sb., and brongikwidin, sb. and adj., q.v.; c) in various place-names. Place-names, in which the adjective occas. appears independently after the substantive, occas. as the first part of compd., may be exemplified: α) Hellena hwida [hɛᶅ··əna· hwi̇̄da] (Y^h.), a flat rock containing quartz: *hellan hvíta, the white rock; Hulen kwida [hulən or hoᶅən kwi̇̄da] (Fladab., C.): *hóllinn hvíti, the white hill; Mørna kwida [mørna kwi̇̄da] (Fo.): *mýrrin hvíta, the white bog. β) Kwidamør [kwi̇̄··damør·] (De^w.): hvíta mýrr (see prec. Mørna kwida); Hwidanes [hwid··anɛs·] (in Lunna Ness, L.), Kwidanes [kwid·anɛs·] (Papa St.): *hvíta nes, the white headland. Orig. “*hvíta nes” is anglicised in “Whiteness” (Wd., M.), name of a headland and of a parish, and “Whiteness” (W.), name of a headland. — Forms with preserved t are found in names, such as: Hwitiberg [hwit··ibærg·] (Fe^w.): *hvíta berg, and Hwita- or Kwitastakk [χwit··astak·, kwit··astak·] (Nm^w., in two places): *hvíti stakkr, the white sea-rock.

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Adjective

hvit

1. white

Inflection

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Synonyms

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