Vigg

Old Norse Dictionary - vigg

Meaning of Old Norse word "vigg" in English.

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

vigg Old Norse word can mean:

vigg: n. [A. S. wicg; akin to vega = to carry; cp. Lat. vehic-ulum]:—a horse, steed, Edda (Gl.); vigg at söðla, vagn at beita, Gkv. 2. 18: freq. in poët. phrases for a ship, sund-vigg, the horse of the sea, sea-steed; öldu vigg, unn-vigg, haf-vigg, sund-vigg, borð-vigg, hlunn-vigg, hlýr-vigg, súð-vigg, stafn-vigg, segl-vigg, = the wave-steed, … sail-steed; veggjar vigg = a house, Lex. poët.: as also in compds, vigg-baldr, -beitir, -finnandi, viggj-álfr, vigg-rennandi, -ríðandi, -runnr, -þollr, = a sailor, mariner, farer on the sea-steed, Lex. poët.

vigg: II. Vigg, an island in Norway: viggjar-skalli, a nickname, FmS. vii.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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