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) (chiefly poetic) fiddle, violin ==== Declension ==== == 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 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