feigð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feigð, from Proto-Germanic *faigiþō. Equivalent to feigur +‎ -ð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feiɣð/
• Rhymes: -eiɣð

Noun

feigð f (genitive singular feigðar, no plural)

1. feyness, an approaching death or approach of death, imminent death, a foreboding of death

   Feigð kallar að honum.

   Death calls upon him.

   • 13th century, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of Njáls saga:

     „Koma mun til mín feigðin,“ segir Gunnar, „hvar sem eg er staddur ef mér verður þess auðið.“

     "Feyness will come to me when it will come," says Gunnar, "wherever I may be, if that is my fate."

Derived terms

• feigðarorð

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigiþō, equivalent to feigr (“fey, doomed to die”) +‎ -ð.

Noun

feigð f

1. feyness; approaching death or doom

Declension

  Declension of feigð (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	feigð	feigðin	feigðir	feigðirnar
accusative	feigð	feigðina	feigðir	feigðirnar
dative	feigð	feigðinni	feigðum	feigðunum
genitive	feigðar	feigðarinnar	feigða	feigðanna

Derived terms

• feigðarorð

Related terms

• feigr

Descendants

• Icelandic: feigð
• Faroese: feigð, feigd
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feigd
• Swedish: fegd