rigga

Probably from English to rig in the 19th century and gradually widened in its meaning.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɪɡːa]

rigga (third person singular past indicative riggaði, third person plural past indicative riggað, supine riggað)

1. to rig
   • rigga til

     to rig

   • rigga skip til

     make a ship ready for sea

   • rigga seg til
     1. equip oneself, to make preparations
     2. make oneself smart, smarten, spruce oneself up
   • rigga av
     1. prepare the ship for the home journey
     2. tidy up after a workday
2. rigga væl
   1. to fit
      • kjólin riggar væl uppi á henni

        the dress fits her perfectly

   2. look handsome, look well
      • bæði rigga tey væl

        they both look handsome

   3. things run smoothly
      • hetta riggar óføra væl

        this works extremely well

3. to function
   • fáa e-t at rigga

     to make something function

   • motorurin riggar

     the engine functions

• Anfinnur í Skála, Jonhard Mikkelsen: Føroysk-ensk orðabók. Faroese-English Dictionary. Vestmanna: Sprotin 2007. ("rigga", p. 1303)
• Tórður Jóansson: English loanwords in Faroese. Tórshavn: Fannir 1997. (p. 148f.)

• rigget

rigga

1. inflection of rigge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

rigga (present riggar, preterite riggade, supine riggat, imperative rigga)

1. to set up, such as a trap
2. to set up; prepare; make something ready for use, by temporary or impromptu means
3. to rig (a ship), to set up the rigging on a sailing vessel
4. to rig (pre-arrange an outcome)

   Valet är riggat

   The election is rigged

5. (slang, reflexive) to dress
   • 1970, Povel Ramel, Jag diggar dej:

     du riggar dej flott, det diggar jag hot

     you dress stylishly, I like that a lot

• rigg
• riggad
• riggning

• rigga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rigga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rigga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)