Deigja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - deigja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "deigja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

deigja: deigja, f. tjenende Kvinde, særlig en Tje-nestekvinde med en vis bestemt Stillingog Gjerning i Huset; tvær ero hanshinar bezto ambáttir, seta ok deigjaGul. 1989; stefna hjúnum síra Petrs,hvárt sem þat er bryti, deigja eðrönnur hjún DN. IX, 1144; skulu deigjureða friðlur allra þeirra klerka, seminfra sacros eru, taka skriptir svá sempro adulterio Stat. 28034 (jvf DN. IX,1093); öll ertu, deigja! dritin Lok. 56.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚽᛁᚵᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

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