Vígi
Old Norse Dictionary - vígi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vígi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vígi can mean:vígi
- vígi
- n. a vantage-ground, stronghold; þar var svá mikill vígis-munr, at ekki …, Fms. viii. 427; var hamarrinn víðr ofan ok vígi gott, ii. 93, Eb. 188, 238, Fs. 90; öruggt vígi, Gullþ. 52 (Ed.); þar er vígi nakkvat, Nj. 95; renna til vígis í Almanna-gjá, 228: metaph., engi vörn eðr vígi, Sks. 131.
- vígi
- II. the bulwarks or gunwale of a ship, Edda (Gl.): þeir tóku þar frá (from the ships) vígin, Fms. ix. 44; hlóðu skipin til úfærs af lausa-viðum þeim er þeir tengðu útan við vígin, Bs. i. 392; kemr annat áfall, … ofan drap flaugina ok af vígin bæði, 422.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)