- viða
- I)(að), v. to furnish wood.II)f.1) mast (lét hann reisa viðuna ok draga seglit); láta skip renna at (or á) viðum, to let the ship run under bare poles;2) a high deck or bridge, amidships on ships of war (Sverrir konungr hljóp upp á viðuna).* * *u, f. a skein of yarn = vinda.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.