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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse feigð, from Proto-Germanic *faigiþō. Equivalent to feigur + -ð.
Pronunciation
Noun
feigð f (genitive singular feigðar, no plural)
- 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."
Declension
Declension of feigð (sg-only feminine)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faigiþō, equivalent to feigr (“fey, doomed to die”) + -ð.
Noun
feigð f
- feyness; approaching death or doom
Declension
Declension of feigð (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants