Organ
Old Norse Dictionary - organ
Meaning of Old Norse word "organ"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word organ can mean:organ
- organ
- n. [Gr.], an organ; allskonar söngfæri, organ, symphon …, Fms. vii. 97; eða þá er o. gengr upp ok niðr aptr ok fram um alla gamma, Skálda 172; strengleikum ok organs-söng, 655 xxiv. 2; organ-söng, id.
- organ
- 2. it even occurs in the old poem,—at leikurum ok trúðum hefi ek þik lítt fregit, hverr er organ (orgari Cod. A, œrgati Cod. B) þeirra Andaðar at húsum Haralds? Fagrsk. 6; and, Bjúgvör ok Listvör sitja í Herðis-dyrum organs stóli á, Sól. 76; for the word in both these references can only be derived from the Greek.
- organ
- COMPDS: organslist, organsmeistari, organssmíð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚴᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)