vigg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

vigg m (definite singular viggen, indefinite plural viggar, definite plural viggane)

  1. edge of an axeblade
    Synonym: økseegg
  2. gap in between sawteeth
  3. (obsolete) a measure of length roughly equivalent to three inches
    • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 32:
      [Kølaveden] skulle væra fire ælner, heller fire ælner og en vigg, og en øksevigg er et tre tom heller så.
      was s'posed to be four cubits, or four cubits and one vigg, an axe's vigg being three inches or so.

Verb

vigg

  1. imperative of vigge

References

  • “vigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vigg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wigją.

Noun

vigg n

  1. (poetic, heiti) horse, steed

Declension

Declension of vigg (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vigg viggit vigg viggin
accusative vigg viggit vigg viggin
dative viggi vigginu viggjum viggjunum
genitive viggs viggsins viggja viggjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vigg n, viggur m

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vigg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

vigg (1)
Saab 37 "Viggen" (thunderbolt)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish vigge (“wedge”), from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate of English wedge. Name of the bird due to the long tuft of hair at the back of the neck of males.

Noun

vigg c

  1. a tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
  2. a thunderbolt
Declension
Declension of vigg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vigg viggs
definite viggen viggens
plural indefinite viggar viggars
definite viggarna viggarnas

Etymology 2

Clipping of vigilans. See vigga.

Noun

vigg c

  1. (archaic) loan
Declension
Declension of vigg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vigg viggs
definite viggen viggens
plural indefinite viggar viggars
definite viggarna viggarnas

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