Gyggja

Old Norse Dictionary - gyggja

Meaning of Old Norse word "gyggja" in English.

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

gyggja
or gyggva, prob. an old strong verb of the 1st class, but defect. to quail, lose the heart; ef vér nú gyggjum, in a verse written on a leaf of Cod. UpS. of Edda, prob. from the lost Skáld Helga S.: impers. in the saying, sjaldan hygg ek at gyggi vörum, the wary seldom quails, Mkv.; oss gyggvir geigvænliga, er vér erum áðr óvarir, Hom. (St.) 49: part. gugginn, quailing, fainting, is still used in Icel., as also gugna, q. v.; akin perhaps is geggjask, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

Cod.
Codex.
defect.
defective.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
impers.
impersonal.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
part.
participle.
pers.
person.
prob.
probably.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Mkv.
Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
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