Gígja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gígja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gígja" in Norwegian.

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

gígja
gígja, f. et Slags musikalsk Strengeinstru-ment (mlat. giga, mht. gîge, ital. giga,gfr. gige, gigue; jvf Hoffmann Hor.Belg. VI, 197; Höf. Leb. I, 432; DWb.IV, 1, 2567 fgg). Klm. 47225; Fm. VIII,20717. 26; draga gígju dvs. spille paa saa-dant Instrument, Didr. 15034.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚵᛁᛆ
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.
fr.
fransk.
ital.
italiensk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
mlat.
Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
s.
substantiv.

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