igða

See also: igda and ígða

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

igða f

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

Descendants
  • Faroese: ígða (finches)

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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