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.)
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