dygð
nafnorðkvenkyn
[ duguð = doughtiness, valour; tugad; tugend; dygd; dyd]
α. virtue, probity, only used in a moral sense; the original sense (from duga, ) of valour, strength, which prevails in the , is quite obsolete; trúa e-m til dygðar um e-t, to trwst in one’s integrity, 121 (of a judge); fyrir sakir þinnar dygðar, probity, vi. 58; lið ok d. (help and faithful service) góðs drengs, 227; fyrir sína dygð, for his faithfulness, vii. 158.β. in writers the virtus is rendered by dygð, , , ; ó-dygð, wickedness,γ. virtue, of an inanimate thing, of a tree, 256.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Dan.Danish.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- q. v.quod vide.
- mod.modern.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- Lat.Latin.
- etc.et cetera.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Vídal.Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Pass.Passiu-Sálmar.
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)