עִיגּוּנָא

עִיגּוּנָאch. sam(עיגון, עג׳ anchor, ballast), 1) anchor, v. preced. 2) condition of a deserted wife, disability to remarry, v. עָגַן. Gitt.3a; Yeb.88a משום ע׳ אקילווכ׳ in order to prevent the eventuality of ‘widowhood in life, the Rabbis have made lenient rules for her (as regards testimony to her husbands death); a. e.