Vigr

Old Norse Dictionary - vigr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vigr" in English.

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

vigr Old Norse word can mean:

vigr: f., pl. vigrar, [the short vowel and the radical r are against deriving vigr from víg]:—a spear, Edda (Gl.); flugbeittra vigra, Hornklofi; vigrar rjóða, to redden the spears (vigrat Cod.), id.; vel hefir vigr of skepta, Kormak; vigrar seiðr, a spear-charm, spear-song, i. e. battle, Sturl. (in a verse); vigra dunur, dynr, él, = the din, song, shower of spears, Lex. Poët. passim.

vigr: II. Vigr, a local name of an island (in shape like a spear’s head) in north-western Icel.; í Vigr (acc.), BS. i. 651; í eynni Vigr (dat.), 652: in the Orkneys, the mod. Veir; in the Orkn. S. Fb. ii. l. 9 from the bottom, einn ‘ungr’ read ‘í Vigr’ (i. e. Veir, the island where Kolbein Hrúga lived, after whom is named ‘the Castle of Cuppi Row’).

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

Abbreviations used:

Cod.: Codex.

f.: feminine.

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

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

acc.: accusative.

dat.: dative.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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