vigg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɡː/

Noun

vigg m (definite singular viggen, indefinite plural viggar, definite plural viggane)

1. edge of an axeblade

   Synonym: økseegg

2. gap in between sawteeth
3. (obsolete) a measure of length roughly equivalent to three inches
   • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 32:

     [Kølaveden] skulle væra fire ælner, heller fire ælner og en vigg, og en øksevigg er et tre tom heller så.

     [The coal wood] was s'posed to be four cubits, or four cubits and one vigg, an axe's vigg being three inches or so.

Verb

vigg

1. imperative of vigge

References

• “vigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vigg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wigją.

Noun

vigg n

1. (poetic, heiti) horse, steed

Declension

Declension of vigg (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vigg	viggit	vigg	viggin
accusative	vigg	viggit	vigg	viggin
dative	viggi	vigginu	viggjum	viggjunum
genitive	viggs	viggsins	viggja	viggjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vigg n, viggur m

Further reading

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

Swedish

vigg (1)

Saab 37 "Viggen" (thunderbolt)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish vigge (“wedge”), from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. Cognate of English wedge. Name of the bird due to the long tuft of hair at the back of the neck of males.

Noun

vigg c

1. a tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
2. a thunderbolt

Declension

Declension of vigg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vigg	viggs
	definite	viggen	viggens
plural	indefinite	viggar	viggars
	definite	viggarna	viggarnas

Related terms

• tvärvigg
• åskvigg

Etymology 2

Clipping of vigilans. See vigga.

Noun

vigg c

1. (archaic) loan

Declension

Declension of vigg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vigg	viggs
	definite	viggen	viggens
plural	indefinite	viggar	viggars
	definite	viggarna	viggarnas

Further reading

• vigg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• vigg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)