Dygð
Old Norse Dictionary - dygð
Meaning of Old Norse word "dygð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dygð can mean:dygð
- dygð
- f. [A. S. duguð = doughtiness, valour; O. H. G. tugad; Germ. tugend; Swed. dygd; Dan. dyd]
- dygð
- α. virtue, probity, only used in a moral metaph. sense; the original sense (from duga, q. v.) of valour, strength, which prevails in the A. S., is quite obsolete; trúa e-m til dygðar um e-t, to trwst in one’s integrity, FS. 121 (of a judge); fyrir sakir þinnar dygðar, probity, FmS. vi. 58; lið ok d. (help and faithful service) góðs drengs, 227; fyrir sína dygð, for his faithfulness, vii. 158.
- dygð
- β. in mod. eccl. writers the Lat. virtus is rendered by dygð, Vídal., PasS., etc.; ó-dygð, wickedness,
- dygð
- γ. virtue, of an inanimate thing, of a tree, Stj. 256.
- dygð
- COMPDS: dygðarlauss, dygðarleysi, dygðarmaðr, dygðarverk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)