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

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gígja	gígjan	gígjur	gígjurnar
accusative	gígju	gígjuna	gígjur	gígjurnar
dative	gígju	gígjunni	gígjum	gígjunum
genitive	gígju	gígjunnar	gígja	gígjanna

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Old Norse

Etymology

Related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige.

Noun

gígja f

1. fiddle

Derived terms

• gígjari

Descendants

• Danish: gige
• Faroese: gíggja
• Icelandic: gígja

• Norwegian (Nynorsk): gige
• Norwegian (Bokmål): gige
• Swedish: giga

See also

• harpa

References

• Entry "gígja" on page 164 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).