Organ

Old Norse Dictionary - organ

Meaning of Old Norse word "organ" in English.

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

organ Old Norse word can mean:

organ: n. [Gr.], an organ; allskonar söngfæri, organ, symphon …, Fms. vii. 97; eða þá er o. gengr upp ok niðr aptr ok fram um alla gamma, Skálda 172; strengleikum ok organs-söng, 655 xxiv. 2; organ-söng, id.

organ: 2. it even occurs in the old poem,—at leikurum ok trúðum hefi ek þik lítt fregit, hverr er organ (orgari Cod. A, œrgati Cod. B) þeirra Andaðar at húsum Haralds? Fagrsk. 6; and, Bjúgvör ok Listvör sitja í Herðis-dyrum organs stóli á, Sól. 76; for the word in both these references can only be derived from the Greek.

organ: COMPDS: organslist, organsmeistari, organssmíð.

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

Abbreviations used:

Gr.: Greek.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

Cod.: Codex.

l.: line.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

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