dyggð

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• dygð

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð (“virtue”) (cognate with Norwegian, Swedish dygd, Danish dyd), from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō; compare English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪɣð/

  Rhymes: -ɪɣð

Noun

dyggð f (genitive singular dyggðar, nominative plural dyggðir)

1. virtue

References

• Icelandic Web of Science: Hvort tveggja má rita dygð og dyggð. Hvort er "réttara" og hvers vegna? (“Both dygð and dyggð are correct, but which is more correct and why?”)