gígja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gígja, related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈciːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

  Homophone: Gígja

Noun

gígja f (genitive singular gígju, nominative plural gígjur)

1. (chiefly poetic) fiddle, violin

Declension

Declension of gígja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gígja	gígjan	gígjur	gígjurnar
accusative	gígju	gígjuna	gígjur	gígjurnar
dative	gígju	gígjunni	gígjum	gígjunum
genitive	gígju	gígjunnar	gígna, gígja	gígnanna, gígjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

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

gígja f

1. fiddle

Derived terms

• gígjari

Descendants

• Icelandic: gígja
• Faroese: gíggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gige
• Norwegian Bokmål: gige
• Old Swedish: gīgha
  • Swedish: giga
• Old Danish: gighe
  • Danish: gige

See also

• harpa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gígja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 164; also available at the Internet Archive