Dögg
Old Norse Dictionary - dögg
Meaning of Old Norse word "dögg" (or dǫgg)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dögg can mean:dögg
- dögg (dǫgg)
- f., old gen. döggvar. Korm., SkS. 606, FmS. ii. 278, mod. daggar; old pl. döggvar, Vsp. 19, Vþm. 45; mod. daggir, SkS. 40; dat. sing. döggu, Vtkv. 5, 656 A. 18: [A. S. deaw; Engl. dew; Germ. thau; Dan. and Swed. dug]:—dew; nátt-dögg, night-dew; morgun-dögg, morning-dew, Vþm. 45, Hkv. Hjörv. 28.
- dögg (dǫgg)
- COMPD: (mod. daggar-, old döggvar-), döggvar-drep, n. a dew-track, FmS. ii. l. c.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, dögg may be more accurately written as dǫgg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- sing.
- singular.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vtkv.
- Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)