feigð

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feigð, from Proto-Germanic *faigiþō. Equivalent to feigur +‎ .

Pronunciation

Noun

feigð f (genitive singular feigðar, no plural)

  1. feyness, an approaching death or approach of death, imminent death, a foreboding of death
    Feigð kallar að honum.
    Death calls upon him.
    • 13th century, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of Njáls saga:
      „Koma mun til mín feigðin,“ segir Gunnar, „hvar sem eg er staddur ef mér verður þess auðið.“
      "Feyness will come to me when it will come," says Gunnar, "wherever I may be, if that is my fate."

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigiþō, equivalent to feigr (fey, doomed to die) +‎ .

Noun

feigð f

  1. feyness; approaching death or doom

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: feigð
  • Faroese: feigð, feigd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feigd
  • Swedish: fegd