vigg
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vigg m (definite singular viggen, indefinite plural viggar, definite plural viggane)
- edge of an axeblade
- Synonym: økseegg
- gap in between sawteeth
- (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 edit
vigg
- imperative of vigge
References edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wigją.
Noun edit
vigg n
Declension edit
Declension of vigg (strong ja-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “vigg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Swedish vigge (“wedge”), from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate of English wedge. Name of the bird due to the long tuft of hair at the back of the neck of males.
Noun edit
vigg c
Declension edit
Declension of vigg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vigg | viggen | viggar | viggarna |
Genitive | viggs | viggens | viggars | viggarnas |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of vigilans. See vigga.
Noun edit
vigg c
Declension edit
Declension of vigg | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vigg | viggen | viggar | viggarna |
Genitive | viggs | viggens | viggars | viggarnas |
Further reading edit
- vigg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- vigg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)