vigg

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vigg m (definite singular viggen, indefinite plural viggar, definite plural viggane)

  1. edge of an axeblade
    Synonym: økseegg
  2. gap in between sawteeth
  3. (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

  1. 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

  1. (poetic, heiti) horse, steed

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: vigg n, viggur m

References[edit]

  • vigg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish[edit]

vigg (1)
Saab 37 "Viggen" (thunderbolt)

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

  1. a tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
  2. a thunderbolt
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

  1. (archaic) loan
Declension[edit]
Declension of vigg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vigg viggen viggar viggarna
Genitive viggs viggens viggars viggarnas

Further reading[edit]