gyggja
óflokkað
or gyggva, prob. an old strong verb of the 1st class, but defect. to quail, lose the heart; ef vér nú gyggjum, in a verse written on a leaf of Cod. Ups. of Edda, prob. from the lost Skáld Helga S.: impers. in the saying, sjaldan hygg ek at gyggi vörum, the wary seldom quails, Mkv.; oss gyggvir geigvænliga, er vér erum áðr óvarir, Hom. (St.) 49: part. gugginn, quailing, fainting, is still used in Icel., as also gugna, q. v.; akin perhaps is geggjask, q. v.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- prob.
- probably.
- defect.
- defective.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- impers.
- ópersónulegt (e. impersonal)
- part.
- lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)