Gígja
Fornnordisk Ordbok - gígja
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "gígja"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
- gígja
- u, f. [Germ. geige; mid. H. G. gîge; old Fr. gigue; and to jig in Scot. means to play the fiddle, while in Engl. a jig is a lively dance]:—a fiddle, Stj. 181, Hkr. ii. 136, cp. Yngl. S. ch. 25, FmS. vii. 97 (in a verse); this instrument was known at an early age, as a lawyer in Icel. in the first part of the 10th century was called gígja, prob. because of his eloquent pleading or his clear voice, Nj., Landn.
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Förkortningar som används:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)