idegran

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of ide (“yew”) +‎ gran (“spruce”), from Old Swedish idhe, yew, from Old Norse *iði, from *iðja (“greenery”, literally “yew + collective suffix”), from an earlier *īṷiþia, from Proto-Germanic *īwiþia, *īhwiþia, a collective form of *īhwaz (“yew”) +‎ *-iþia (“collective suffix”). Compare Swedish vide (“willow”), vidja (“withy, wattle”).

Alternative forms

  • (rare) idgran, idengran, (dialectal) äidigrän
  • (old) ide, ijde, (dialectal) äidi
  • (rare) id, (old) iidh, ijdh, ydh

Noun

idegran f

  1. (rare) yew tree (Taxus baccata, literally: “yew spruce”).
  2. (dialectal, rare) strip, withy, or wattle of willow (vide) or sallow (sälg), respectively willow or sallow bush
Declension
Declension of idegran
nominative genitive
singular indefinite idegran idegrans
definite idegranen idegranens
plural indefinite idegranar idegranars
definite idegranarna idegranarnas
  • ideband, idband (“yew strip; willow strip”)
  • ideblad, idblad (“yew needle; willow leaf”)
  • idebuske, idbuske (“yew bush; willow bush”)
  • idegrön, idgrön (“yew green; willow green”)
  • idegrönt, idgrönt (“yew greenery; willow greenery”)
  • idehäck, idhäck (“yew hedge; willow hedge”)
  • idekvist, idkvist (“yew twig; willow twig”)
  • ideskog, idskog (“yew forrest; willow forrest”)
  • ideträ, idträ (“yew wood; willow wood”)
  • ideträd, idträd (“yew tree; willow tree”)
See also
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