vigg

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɪɡː/ === Noun === 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 === Verb === vigg imperative of vigge === References === “vigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “vigg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wigją. === Noun === vigg n (poetic, heiti) horse, steed ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: vigg n, viggur m === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vigg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish vigge (“wedge”), from Old East Norse *viggʀ (compare Old West Norse veggr), from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate of English wedge. The thunderbolt sense stems from Medieval and Viking Age folklore; when peasants found Stone Age axe heads (i.e. stone wedges) in the ground, it was thought that these had been sent down with the lightning strikes of the god Thor (whom hunted giants above the clouds and created thunder when he struck them), thus named åskviggar (“thunder wedges”) or torsviggar (“thor wedges”). They were thought to protect from lightning strikes, since “lightning never strikes the same spot twice”, and thus were popularly put into house foundations. Name of the bird due to the long tuft of hair at the back of the neck of males. ==== Noun ==== vigg c (root sense) wedge; synonym of kil a thunderbolt Synonyms: åskvigg, torsvigg (common name) a tufted duck, Aythya fuligula ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== tvärvigg åskvigg === Etymology 2 === Clipping of vigilans. See vigga. ==== Noun ==== vigg c (archaic) loan ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “vigg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) vigg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)