feigð
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse feigð, from Proto-Germanic *faigiþō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feiɣð/
- Rhymes: -eiɣð
Noun
feigð f (genitive singular feigðar, no plural)
- (dated) feyness, an approaching death or approach of death, imminent death, a foreboding of death
- 13th century, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of Njáls saga:
- „Koma mun til mín feigðin,“ segir Gunnar, „hvar sem eg er staddur ef mér verður þess auðið.“
- "Feyness will come to me when it will come," says Gunnar, "wherever I may be, if that is my fate."
- Feigð kallar að honum.
- Death calls upon him.
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Declension
declension of feigð
| f-s2 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | feigð | feigðin |
| accusative | feigð | feigðina |
| dative | feigð | feigðinni |
| genitive | feigðar | feigðarinnar |
Derived terms
- feigur
- feigðarorð