gígja
nafnorð, kvenkyn
sjá einnig gígja sagnorð
u, f. [Germ. geige; mid. H. G. gîge; old Fr. gigue; and to jig in Scot. means to play the fiddle, while in Engl. a jig is a lively dance]:—a fiddle, Stj. 181, Hkr. ii. 136, cp. Yngl. S. ch. 25, Fms. vii. 97 (in a verse); this instrument was known at an early age, as a lawyer in Icel. in the first part of the 10th century was called gígja, prob. because of his eloquent pleading or his clear voice, Nj., Landn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Germ.
- German.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Engl.
- English.
- cp.
- compare.
- ch.
- chapter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)