vigg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɡː/

Noun

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

vigg

1. imperative of vigge

References

• “vigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vigg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

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Old Norse

Noun

vigg n

1. (poetic, heiti) horse, steed

Declension

  Declension of vigg (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vigg	viggit	vigg	viggin
accusative	vigg	viggit	vigg	viggin
dative	viggi	vigginu	viggjum	viggjunum
genitive	viggs	viggsins	viggja	viggjanna

References

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

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Swedish

vigg (1)

Saab 37 "Viggen" (thunderbolt)

Noun

vigg c

1. a tufted duck (species of duck)
2. a thunderbolt

Declension

Declension of vigg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vigg	viggen	viggar	viggarna
Genitive	viggs	viggens	viggars	viggarnas

Related terms

• åskvigg