Ork. and Shetl. dial. Also vifda. [perh. ad. ON. vǫðva (nom. vǫðve, -vi) muscular flesh.] (See quots.)
a. 1688. J. Wallace, Descr. Orkney (1693), 94. Vivda, Flesh dried in a Skeo without being salted.
1809. Edmondston, State Zetland Isl., x. II. 49. They seldom salt their meat, but either smoke it in the house, or dry it in the air. When preserved in this latter manner, it is known by the name of vivda.
1821. Scott, Pirate, xxx. Here, Laurie, bring up the vifda.
1822. Hibbert, Descr. Shetl. Isl., 470. Vivda, or unsalted mutton, hung up in their buildings until it was hardened and dried, is no longer known.
