Feigð

Old Norse Dictionary - feigð

Meaning of Old Norse word "feigð" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

feigð: f. [A. S. fægð], ‘feyness,’ approach or foreboding of death: in proverbs, koma mun til mín feigðin hvar sem ek em staddr, Nj. 103; ferr hverr er feigðin kallar, FaS. i. 420; ætla ek þetta munu vera fyrir feigð yðvarri, a foreboding that you are ‘fey,’ FmS. v. 66; því at hón feigð fíra fjöl-margra sá, GS. 20; þú sátt þegar í dag feigðina á honum, thou sawest the ‘fey-tokens’ on him to-day, FmS. xi. 154; þær (the Valkyrjur) kjósa feigð á menn ok ráða sigri, Edda 22: cp. the phrase, feigð kallar að e-m, the ‘feigð’ (death) calls upon him, one behaves as a ‘fey’ man. feigðar-orð, n. or feigðar-yrðr, f. the death-weird, Ýt. 1.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛁᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gs.: Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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