Vigg
Old Norse Dictionary - vigg
Meaning of Old Norse word "vigg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vigg can mean:vigg
- vigg
- n. [A. S. wicg; akin to vega = to carry; cp. Lat. vehic-ulum]:—a horse, steed, Edda (Gl.); vigg at söðla, vagn at beita, Gkv. 2. 18: freq. in poët. phrases for a ship, sund-vigg, the horse of the sea, sea-steed; öldu vigg, unn-vigg, haf-vigg, sund-vigg, borð-vigg, hlunn-vigg, hlýr-vigg, súð-vigg, stafn-vigg, segl-vigg, = the wave-steed, … sail-steed; veggjar vigg = a house, Lex. poët.: as also in compds, vigg-baldr, -beitir, -finnandi, viggj-álfr, vigg-rennandi, -ríðandi, -runnr, -þollr, = a sailor, mariner, farer on the sea-steed, Lex. poët.
- vigg
- II. Vigg, an island in Norway: viggjar-skalli, a nickname, FmS. vii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)