Talk:Nidelva

Rivers Low‑importance

	Geography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rivers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Rivers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RiversWikipedia:WikiProject RiversTemplate:WikiProject RiversRiver articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Norway

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Norway, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Norway on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.NorwayWikipedia:WikiProject NorwayTemplate:WikiProject NorwayNorway articles

"Nið"?[edit]

Does "Nið-" in this instance, the 'river nid", mean what it ("Nið") does in Old Norse?; 'scorn', 'reprehensible' etc... 'the river scorn'? Seems rather odd, 'the beautiful river scorn', heh, but it means what it means unless "Nið" has another meaning, pronunciation etc.? :-? 4.255.48.153 (talk) 02:30, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not an uncommon mistake that, but unlike what one might think the name does not come from "níð", it comes from "niðr" which means down. --95.34.38.161 (talk) 07:37, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But both https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidelva_(Agder)#Navnet and https://snl.no/Nidelva_-_Aust-Agder claim that's not clear cut, in addition to Norse niðr 'down' it might also be from Gothic nidwa, 'rust', Latin nitere, 'shine', or the PIE root, *nid, 'stream/float'. --Unhammer (talk) 19:01, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]