Igða
Old Norse Dictionary - igða
Meaning of Old Norse word "igða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- igða
- u, f. a kind of bird, the nuthatch, Norse egde, sitta Europaea L., Edda 74, Fas. i. 164, 332, Sæm. 136.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)