idegran

Swedish

Etymology

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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, iden
• (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

Related terms

• 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

• Taxus baccata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxus baccata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies