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igða

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See also: igda and ígða

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *egiþǭ, related to eigin (“sprout”).

Noun

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igða f

  1. kind of small bird
  2. marsh tit (Parus palustris)

Descendants

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  • Faroese: ígða (finches)

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “igða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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