Deigja

Dizionario Old Norse - deigja

Significato della parola Old Norse "deigja"

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

La parola Old Norse deigja può significare:deigja

deigja
1. u, f. a dairy-maid; this word is the humble mother of the Engl. lady, qs. la-dy (vide p. 76. S. v. brauð). A. S. hlæf-dige = bread-maid; cp. Norse bú-deigja (q. v.). Chaucer’s dey (a maner dey), and West Engl. day- (or dey-) house, a dairy. The deigja in old Norse farms was the chief maid, but still a bondwoman, n. G. l. i. 70, H. E. i. 510; öll ertú d. dritin. LS. 56, where it is curiously enough addressed to the daughter of Byggvir (bygg = barley), a handmaid of the gods; deigja seems to mean a baker-woman, and the word no doubt is akin to deig, dough, and Goth. deigan, to knead, the same person being originally both dairy-woman and baker to the farm: in Icel. the word is never used, but it survives in the Norse bu-deia, sæter-deia, agtar-deia, reid-deia (Ivar Aasen), and Swed. deja, = a dairy-maid.
deigja
2. u, f. wetness, dump.

Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛏᛁᛁᚴᛁᛅ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero

Abbreviazioni usate:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
qs.
quasi.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.

Opere & Autori citati:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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