dygð
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f. [A. S. duguð = doughtiness, valour; O. H. G. tugad; Germ. tugend; Swed. dygd; Dan. dyd]
- α.
virtue, probity, only used in a moral metaph. sense; the original sense (from duga, q. v.) of valour, strength, which prevails in the A. S., is quite obsolete; trúa e-m til dygðar um e-t, to trwst in one’s integrity, Fs. 121 (of a judge); fyrir sakir þinnar dygðar, probity, Fms. vi. 58; lið ok d. (help and faithful service) góðs drengs, 227; fyrir sína dygð, for his faithfulness, vii. 158.
- β.
in mod. eccl. writers the Lat. virtus is rendered by dygð, Vídal., Pass., etc.; ó-dygð, wickedness,
- γ.
virtue, of an inanimate thing, of a tree, Stj. 256.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- mod.
- modern.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-postilla.
- Pass.
- Passíu-sálmar.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)