See also: vigja

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From Old Norse vígja and from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

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vígja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vígði, supine vígt)

  1. to consecrate, to set apart for a holy use; to dedicate to God
  2. to inaugurate
  3. to ordain, to make someone a priest, minister

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