Dygðugr
Old Norse Dictionary - dygðugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "dygðugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dygðugr can mean:dygðugr
- dygðugr
- adj. ‘doughty,’ faithful, trusty; d. þjónusta, Fas. i. 90; d. maðr, Grett. 143 A, Th. 12: efficient, having virtue in them, of inanimate things, Stj. 99, 215.
- dygðugr
- β. in mod. eccl. writers, virtuous, good.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚦᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)