vigg
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vigg m (definite singular viggen, indefinite plural viggar, definite plural viggane)
- edge of an axeblade
- Synonym: økseegg
- gap in between sawteeth
- (obsolete) a measure of length roughly equivalent to three inches
- 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 32:
- [Kølaveden] skulle væra fire ælner, heller fire ælner og en vigg, og en øksevigg er et tre tom heller så.
- [The coal wood] was s'posed to be four cubits, or four cubits and one vigg, an axe's vigg being three inches or so.
Verb[edit]
vigg
- imperative of vigge
References[edit]
- “vigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “vigg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wigją.
Noun[edit]
vigg n
Declension[edit]
Declension of vigg (strong ja-stem)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “vigg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Swedish vigge (“wedge”), from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate of English wedge. Name of the bird due to the long tuft of hair at the back of the neck of males.
Noun[edit]
vigg c
Declension[edit]
Declension of vigg | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vigg | viggen | viggar | viggarna |
Genitive | viggs | viggens | viggars | viggarnas |
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of vigilans. See vigga.
Noun[edit]
vigg c
Declension[edit]
Declension of vigg | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vigg | viggen | viggar | viggarna |
Genitive | viggs | viggens | viggars | viggarnas |
Further reading[edit]
- vigg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- vigg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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