gígja
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse gígja, related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gígja f (genitive singular gígju, nominative plural gígjur)
Declension[edit]
declension of gígja
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
gígja f
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: gígja
- Faroese: gíggja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gige
- Norwegian Bokmål: gige
- Old Swedish: gīgha
- Swedish: giga
- Danish: gige
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Entry "gígja" on page 164 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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